Le Moine (Original title)The Monk (Alternative title)
Date: 2011 (Copyright)Countries: France, SpainDirector: Dominik Moll
Synopsis: Gothic drama. In seventeenth-century Spain, Ambrosio is a pious Capuchin friar who was brought to the monastery as a baby and whose sermons are powerful advocations to steer clear of temptation lest one fall into damnation. One day a hoarse-voiced young man named Valerio arrives at the monastery. Valerio wears a face mask after being horribly disfigured in a fire and longs to retreat from the world. On Ambrosio's suggestion Valerio is allowed to remain, on his own, in a separate part of the monastery. It becomes clear that Valerio has strange healing powers, and Ambrosio learns that what lies under the mask is not what the monks have been led to believe. When he tells Valerio to leave, Ambrosio is bitten by a mysterious garden creature, and falls desperately ill. His recovery does not leave his soul in its former holy state, however, and he becomes decidedly over-involved in the lives of a mother and daughter from a nearby town who seek his help.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Monasticism, Desires, Sexual relations and practices, Devil, Temptation
Releases
Date: 27 April 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 100 mins 14 secs - Length: 9021 FeetDialogue (original): French / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Metrodome Distribution Ltd
Date: 13 July 2011Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): French
Date: 2011 (Copyright)Countries: France, SpainDirector: Dominik Moll
Synopsis: Gothic drama. In seventeenth-century Spain, Ambrosio is a pious Capuchin friar who was brought to the monastery as a baby and whose sermons are powerful advocations to steer clear of temptation lest one fall into damnation. One day a hoarse-voiced young man named Valerio arrives at the monastery. Valerio wears a face mask after being horribly disfigured in a fire and longs to retreat from the world. On Ambrosio's suggestion Valerio is allowed to remain, on his own, in a separate part of the monastery. It becomes clear that Valerio has strange healing powers, and Ambrosio learns that what lies under the mask is not what the monks have been led to believe. When he tells Valerio to leave, Ambrosio is bitten by a mysterious garden creature, and falls desperately ill. His recovery does not leave his soul in its former holy state, however, and he becomes decidedly over-involved in the lives of a mother and daughter from a nearby town who seek his help.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Monasticism, Desires, Sexual relations and practices, Devil, Temptation
Releases
Date: 27 April 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 100 mins 14 secs - Length: 9021 FeetDialogue (original): French / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Metrodome Distribution Ltd
Date: 13 July 2011Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): French
Credits
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©: Diaphana Films, ©: Morena Films, ©: la Película AIE El Monje, ©: Estrategia Audiovisual, ©: France 3 Cinéma, ©: 120 Films, Production Company: Diaphana Films, In co-production with: Morena Films, In co-production with: la Película AIE El Monje, In co-production with: Estrategia Audiovisual, In co-production with: France 3 Cinéma, In association with: Sofica Coficup, In association with: Backup Films, In association with: Sofica Soficinéma 6, In association with: Banque Postale Image 4, In association with: Uni Étoile 8, In association with: A Plus Image 2, Presents: Diaphana Films, With the participation of: Canal+, With the participation of: France Télévisions, With the participation of: CinéCinéma, With the participation of: Televisió de Catalunya, With the participation of: Eurimages, With the participation of: Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, With the participation of: Région Languedoc-Roussillon, With the participation of: ICAA, With the participation of: ICO, With the participation of: MFI, With the participation of: 120 Films, Project developed with: Soficapital, Executive Producer: Álvaro Longoria, Produced by: Michel Saint-Jean, Written by: Dominik Moll, Written by: Anne-Louise Trividic, Based on 'The Monk' by: Matthew Gregory Lewis, Director of Photography: Patrick Blossier, Editor: François Gédigier, Editor: Sylvie Lager, Art Director: Antxón Gómez, Costume Designer: Bina Daigeler, Music: Alberto Iglesias, Sound: François Maurel, Sound: Gérard Hardy, Sound: François Maurel
Cast
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Vincent Cassel (Ambrosio), Déborah François (Valerio), Josephine Japy (Antonia), Sergi López (debaucherer), Catherine Mouchet (Elvire), Jordi Dauder (Brother Michael), Frédéric Noaille (Lorenzo), Roxane Duran (Sister Agnes), Geraldine Chaplin (abbess), Martine Vandeville (Leonella), (Brother Andrés), Pierre-Félix Graviere (Brother Iago)