Shown: January 3, 2011 at 6pm
Director : Xavier Beauvois
Country : France
Release Date : 2010
Duration : 120 mins
Language : French and Arabic
Subtitles : Yes
WINNER : GRAND PRIX AT 2010 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
An order of Trappist monks whose members include Christian (Lambert Wilson) and Luc (Michael Lonsdale) live among the Muslim population in a quiet corner of Algeria. As the country is plunged into civil war in the mid-1990s, the men of God must decide whether to stay among the impoverished residents who have been their neighbours, or flee the encroaching fundamentalist terrorists. The situation that unfolds, based on actual events, has tragic consequences.
“Patient and restrained, ‘Of Gods and Men’ asks deep, profound questions that will linger in the audience’s mind long after the movie.” (Rotten Tomatoes website)