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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 foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps through 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. This film is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria, from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996.
Original Release
09/08/2010
US Release
02/25/2011
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Lambert Wilson | Christian |
Michael Lonsdale | Luc |
Olivier Rabourdin | Christophe |
Philippe Laudenbach | Célestin |
Jacques Herlin | Amédée |
Loïc Pichon | Jean-Pierre |
Xavier Maly | Michel |
Jean-Marie Frin | Paul |
Abdelhafid Metalsi | Nouredine |
Sabrina Ouazani | Rabbia |
Directors
Writers
Xavier Beauvois, Etienne Comar
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lambert Wilson | Christian |
Michael Lonsdale | Luc |
Olivier Rabourdin | Christophe |
Philippe Laudenbach | Célestin |
Jacques Herlin | Amédée |
Loïc Pichon | Jean-Pierre |
Xavier Maly | Michel |
Jean-Marie Frin | Paul |
Abdelhafid Metalsi | Nouredine |
Sabrina Ouazani | Rabbia |
Abdellah Moundy | Omar |
Olivier Perrier | Bruno |
Farid Larbi | Ali Fayattia |
Adel Bencherif | Le terroriste / The terrorist |
Benaïssa Ahaouari | Sidi Larbi |
Idriss Karimi | Hadji |
Abdellah Chakiri | Le colonel / The colonel |
Goran Kostic | Le chef de chantier croate / The Croatian site manager |
Stanislas Stanic | Ouvrier croate 1 / Croatian laborer |
Arben Bajraktaraj | Ouvrier croate 2 / Croatian laborer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Martine Cassinelli | Executive Producer |
Jean-David Lefebvre | Executive Producer |
Frantz Richard | Executive Producer |
Pascal Caucheteux | Producer |
Etienne Comar | Producer |