Murdered Monks Movie Wins Top French Film Award
“Gods and Men” film unsolved murder of French monks in Algeria during the brutal conflict in 1990, won the best film on Friday, the French version of the Academy Awards.
Directed by Roman Polanski and “social network” was also honored “Cesar” – France’s answer to Oscar.
“Of Gods and Men”, a dark film on the true story of the last days of the seven monks at a monastery in Algeria, has won a total of three Caesars.
Seven members of the ‘order lived in a Trappist monastery in the south of Algiers Tibéhirine and disappeared during a wave of murders in 1996 the forces of nature as well as Islamic militants and the government.
Only the severed head and never recovered the exact circumstances of his death remain unclear.
The film focuses on the rhythms of monastic life and how men cope with the growing threat of civil war, violent death intensifies around them. It also addresses the universal themes of faith and religious tolerance.
The director Xavier Beauvois, used his acceptance speech to complain about openness to Muslims before the French presidential elections in 2012.
“I do not want people saying bad things about Muslims in the upcoming elections. I want us with them is the lesson of this film, he says.
The film received the best score of the film, and Michael Lonsdale was named Best Actor role in the monastery of a doctor.
Polanski was named best director for his film “The Ghost Writer,” a political thriller that won a total of four awards.
Franco-Polish director spent several months last year under house arrest in Switzerland, but escaped extradition to the United States as part of a sex crime 1977.
Acclaimed American director Quentin Tarantino, who made films like “Pulp Fiction” and “Jackie Brown”, was awarded an honorary doctorate in Cesar.
Best foreign film went to the cinema Facebook “social network”, which is also in competition with Oscar Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday.
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