Des hommes et des dieux

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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 r...

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Corporate Authors: Why Not Productions Inc, Armada Films, France 3 cinéma (Firm), Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Other Authors: Beauvois, Xavier (Director), Herlin, Jacques, 1927-2014 (Actor), Wilson, Lambert (Actor), Lonsdale, Michaël, 1931-2020 (Actor), Rabourdin, Olivier, 1959- (Actor), Laudenbach, Philippe, 1936- (Actor)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc DVD
Language:French
English
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Classics, [2011]
Subjects:
Monks > Algeria > Drama.
Foreign workers > Algeria > Drama.
Foreign workers > Violence against > Algeria.
Monks.
Foreign workers.
Foreign workers > Violence against.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
Algeria.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
French language materials.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
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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.
Item Description:Released as a motion picture in 2010.
Special features: The sacrificed Tibéhirine: further investigation; Merrimack College Augustine Dialogue IX with author John W. Kiser.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC; widescreen.
Audience:MPAA Rating: PG-13.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Caroline Champetier ; editing, Marie-Julie Maille.

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