Synopsis
- A monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim Brothers.
When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps through 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 film is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks in Tibhirine in Algeria, from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996.
Crew
- Regie: Xavier Beauvoix
- Drehbuch: Etienne Comar, Xavier Beauvoix
- Kamera: Caroline Champetier
- Schnitt: Marie-Julie Maille
- Szenenbild: Michel Barthelemy
- Produzent: Etienne Comar, Grégoire Sorlat , Pascal Caucheteux
- Produktionsfirma: Why Not ProductionsArmada FilmsFrance 3 Cinéma
Cast
- Hauptdarsteller: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach, Jacques Herlin, Loic Pichon, Xavier Maly, Jean-Marie Frin
