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Of gods and men [videorecording] = Des hommes et des dieux /

by Beauvois, Xavier

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2011.

Monks -- Algeria -- Drama

Foreign workers -- Algeria -- Drama

Foreign workers -- Violence against -- Algeria

written and directed by Xavier Beauvois.

1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.

Special features of this Blu-ray edition: The sacrificed Tibéhirine: further investigation ; Merrimack College Augustine Dialogue IX with author John W. Kiser.

Audio track in French ; subtitled in English ; subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Varying Form of Title:

Des hommes et des dieux [videorecording]

Cinematography, Caroline Champetier ; film editor, Marie-Julie Maille ; production design, Michel Barthélémy.

Jacques Herlin, Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach, Loic Pichon, Xavier Maly, Jean-Marie Frin, Olivier Perrier.

System Details:

MPAA rating: PG-13 : for a momentary scene of startling wartime violence, some disturbing images, and brief language.

Publisher's Number:

Cannes Film Festival; Grand Prize.

Additional Names:

Perrier, Olivier

Wilson, Lambert

Lonsdale, Michael

Frin, Jean-Marie

Rabourdin, Olivier

Laudenbach, Philippe

Herlin, Jacques

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