Taize and a Movie

Tonight is Taize Prayer at St. Benedict's, which starts at 7pm. Following Taize we'll head over to the Harvard Exit Theater to see "Of Gods and Men" which starts at 9:30pm.

Nominated for 11 César Awards, including Best Picture, the extraordinarily moving Of Gods and Men tells the story of eight French Christian monks who live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps though the region. The army offers them protection, but the monks refuse. Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay...come what may. This historical drama is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria in the mid-1990s. Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award from the National Board of Review. (Fully subtitled) Official Web Site

Director:

Xavier Beauvois

Cast:

Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach, Jacques Herlin, Loïc Pichon, Xavier Maly, Jean-Marie Frin, Abdelhafid Metalsi, Sabrina Ouazani, Abdallah Moundy, Olivier Perrier, Farid Larbi, Adel Bencherif

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

Run Time:

2hrs 0mins

Release Year:

2010

Country Of Origin:

France