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A drama film based on the true story of nine Cistercian monks who were kidnapped and killed in Algeria in 1996. The film explores their decision to stay and serve the local population amid the civil war and terrorism.
Of Gods and Men: Directed by Xavier Beauvois. With Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach. Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.
- (16K)
- Drama, History
- Xavier Beauvois
- 2011-03-25
© 2024 Google LLC. Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. When a crew of ...
- 2 min
- 181.9K
- Sony Pictures Classics
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.
- (118)
- Xavier Beauvois
- PG-13
- Lambert Wilson
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Mar 10, 2011 · “Of Gods and Men” is based on an event in Algeria in 1996, when eight Trappist monks were taken hostage by terrorists. The film centers on the fact that the monks could easily have evaded this fate but chose not to.
During the Algerian Civil War, they are threatened by terrorists but they decide to stay in the country and not return to France. — Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 1995, a group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live in harmony with the largely Muslim population.
