Movie

2010 Drama
2h 2min
Original title | Des hommes et des dieux |
Original lang. | French, Arabic |
Country | France |
PG-13
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14A
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PG
Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps though the region. The army offers them protection, but the monks refuse. Should they leave? Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay... come what may. This historical drama is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria, from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996.
Directed by | Xavier Beauvois |
Written by | Xavier Beauvois, Etienne Comar |
Company | Sony PicturesSony PicturesMétropole Films |
Starring
Lambert Wilson
Sabrina Ouazani
Goran Kostic
Michael Lonsdale
Olivier Rabourdin
Philippe Laudenbach
Jacques Herlin
Loïc Pichon
Xavier Maly
Jean-Marie Frin
Abdelhafid Metalsi
Abdellah Moundy
Olivier Perrier
Farid Larbi
Adel Bencherif
Benhaïssa Ahouari
Idriss Karimi
Abdellah Chakiri
Stanislas Stanic
Arben Bajraktaraj
Zhour Laamri
Raouia
Farid Bouslam
Fadia Assal
Maria Bouslam
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