of Gods and men (2010) France
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Director:Lonsdale, Michael
Studio:Why Not Productions
Writer:Xavier Beauvois, Etienne Comar
Rating:7.2 (7,042 votes)
Rated:PG-13
Date Added:2012-06-05
Awards:Nominated for BAFTA Film Award, Another 11 wins & 23 nominations
Genre:French films
IMDb:1588337
Duration:60:22:00
Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1
Sound:Dolby Digital
Languages:French
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300010196
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Lonsdale, Michael  ...  (Director)
Xavier Beauvois, Etienne Comar  ...  (Writer)
 
Lambert Wilson  ...  Christian
Michael Lonsdale  ...  Luc
Olivier Rabourdin  ...  Christophe
Philippe Laudenbach  ...  Célestin
Jacques Herlin  ...  Amédée
Loïc Pichon  ...  Jean-Pierre
Xavier Maly  ...  Michel
Jean-Marie Frin  ...  Paul
Abdelhafid Metalsi  ...  Nouredine
Sabrina Ouazani  ...  Rabbia
Abdellah Moundy  ...  Omar
Olivier Perrier  ...  Bruno
Farid Larbi  ...  Ali Fayattia
Adel Bencherif  ...  Le terroriste
Benhaïssa Ahouari  ...  Sidi Larbi
Summary: Brotherhood. Religions. Faith. Martyrdom. Love. French monks are living, working and praying in a catholic monastery in Algeria in the '90s (civil war). It starts of showing how the islamic locals and the christian priests coexist in harmony. The situation with the Algerian muslim-terrorists becomes worse. They will have to decide whether to stay or go back to France. They are forced to question themselves and their mission very profoundly. Their sense of fraternity with the locals and amongst themselves is challenged. They are very much appreciated by the local islamic population, especially the medic-priest, but very much in danger. This becomes clear after some croation volunteers of the monastery are brutally killed by the guerrilla-fighters. Threatened and unwanted by both guerrilla-forces and the government their presence becomes less and less obvious. At some point after intense confrontations with eachother, the terrorists and the locals, they all decide to stay. In the end they are all, safe two who have hidden themselves well, abducted by the terrorists to swap them for their own prisoners in France. As we see them struggling in a snowblizzard in the Atlas mountains, we will not explicitly see what their final faith is...