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- Xavier Beauvois' Of Gods and Men is inspired by the true story of seven French monks working in Algeria, who were kidnapped in 1996 during the Algerian Civil War and later executed.
www.npr.org/2011/03/04/134239573/of-gods-and-men-a-moving-test-of-faith
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Feb 24, 2011 · “Of Gods and Men” is based on the true story of a group of French Cistercian Trappist monks caught up (and ultimately killed) in the violence that engulfed Algeria in the 1990s.
- Xavier Beauvois
It centers on a true story that happened in the monastery of Tibhirine, where nine Cistercian monks lived in harmony with the largely Muslim population of Algeria, until seven of them were kidnapped and assassinated in 1996 during the Algerian Civil War.
Mar 3, 2011 · Xavier Beauvois' Of Gods and Men is inspired by the true story of seven French monks working in Algeria, who were kidnapped in 1996 during the Algerian Civil War and later executed.
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
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.
Mar 24, 2011 · Monastic life is anything but tedious in Xavier Beauvois’ masterful drama “Of Gods and Men,” based on the real-life tragedy of seven French monks abducted and beheaded during Algeria’s civil...
Feb 24, 2011 · Although the monks don't seek death, Of Gods And Men can be seen as an ode to religiously motivated self-sacrifice. But Beauvois (who co-scripted the movie) deliberately leaves the story...
