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The Name of the Rose is a 1986 historical mystery film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Umberto Eco. [3] Sean Connery stars as the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey.
Sep 24, 1986 · 1986. R. 2h 10m. IMDb RATING. 7.7 /10. 118K. YOUR RATING. Rate. POPULARITY. 1,373. 450. Drama Mystery Thriller. An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey. Director. Jean-Jacques Annaud. Writers. Umberto Eco. Andrew Birkin. Gérard Brach. Stars. Sean Connery. Christian Slater.
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Plot summary. In 1327, Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his assistant Adso of Melk arrive at a Benedictine abbey in Northern Italy to attend a theological disputation. The abbey is being used as neutral ground in a dispute between Pope John XXII and the Franciscans over the question of apostolic poverty.
In the 14th century, William of Baskerville (Sean Connery), a renowned Franciscan monk, and his apprentice, Adso of Melk (Christian Slater), travel to an abbey where a suspicious death has ...
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There are so many good things in "The Name of the Rose" - the performances, the reconstruction of the period, the over-all feeling of medieval times - that if the story had been able to really involve us, there would have been quite a movie here.
Summaries. An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey. 14. century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances.
