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Title:
Of gods and men = des hommes et des dieux / a Sony Picture Classics release ; Armada Films and Why Not productions present ; a co-production Why Not Productions, Armada Films, France 3 Cinema; a film by Xavier Beauvois ; screenplay by Etienne Comar ; [directed by Xavier Beauvois].
Publication Information:
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Classics, 2011.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
"Inspired by a true story"--Container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.
Special features: The sacrificed Tibéhirine: further investigation; Merrimack College Augustine Dialogue IX with author John W. Kiser.
DVD, NTSC; widescreen.
Awards Note:
Grand Prize Cannes Film Festival, 2010
National Board of Review, Best Foreign Language Film, 2010
Summary:
Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990's. When a crew of foreign workers are 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.
Language Note:
French dialogue ; optional English subtitles, English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Audience:
Rating: PG-13; for a momentary scene of startling wartime violence, some disturbing images, and brief language.
Performer:
Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach, Jacques Herlin, Loic Pichon, Xavier Maly, Jean-Marie Frin, Olivier Perrier, Sabrina Ouazani, Farid Larbi, Adel Bencherif.
Production Credits:
Director of photography, Caroline Champetier ; editing, Marie-Julie Maille.
OCLC Number:
ocn741523218
Availability:
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