Of Gods and Men

6.7

France

Drama History

120 min

2010

Olivier Perrier Saïd Naciri Fatima Hernadi Arben Bajraktaraj Stanislas Stanic Goran Kostić Abdellah Chakiri Idriss Karimi Benaïssa Ahaouari Adel Bencherif Farid Larbi Lambert Wilson Abdellah Moundy Sabrina Ouazani Abdelhafid Metalsi Jean-Marie Frin Xavier Maly Loïc Pichon Jacques Herlin Philippe Laudenbach Olivier Rabourdin Michael Lonsdale

French drama based on the 1996 kidnapping and killing of seven monks in Algeria. A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live in harmony with the largely muslim population. When a bloody conflict between Algeria's army and Muslim Jihadi insurgents disrupts the peace, they are forced to consider fleeing the monastery and deserting the villagers they have ministered to. In the face of deadly violence the monks wrestle with their faith and their convictions, eventually deciding to stay and help their neighbours keep the army and the insurgents at bay.