"Of Gods and Men": Touring the Roots of Terrorism

This is the story of a convent, with a set of monks no longer young. When light comes, they plugged it into the blunt-nailed fingers loose soil to store seed potatoes. Towards evening, the bodies shriveled began rocking the small chapel. From their mouths, the name of the Lord were called-calling with a sense of trepidation.
This is the story of a monastery, where monks could not abstain from reciting lines from the Koran. For them, God only differ in language. Therefore, in the morning, and extends into the bright afternoon, they worked on behalf of humanity: the medical interpreter, providing free medicines; the experts actively harvesting honey bee processed.
This is the story of a monastery, the monks who inhabited the French nationals, in the midst of the Algerian Muslim community. At certain times in the time of day, they sell honey in the market and exchange agricultural products. The scribes refused to stop at the residence of the prince of the local community for the exchange of knowledge: he freely quotesverses that Muhammad had in mind about a particular case. If the time comes to withdraw, they exchanged greetings beruluk respectfully.
But this story is not long. The story line is disconnected by the very things that had been underlying their decision to live in the area were so poor that: faith. Regarding this, a monks never cites the opinion of Blaise Pascal, a French filusuf, which seemed to be a sign: "No man ever committed a crime with a sincere and cheerfully as when running it on behalf of religious belief."
When the Catholic monk named Luc's, played by 79-year-old actor Michael Lonsdale, quoting Pascal mind, he was hit by the crisis. Because, they just got a threat from the Islamic jihadists who are members of the militant group Jemaah Islamiyah.
The film, directed by Xavier Beauvois is put on the background of Algeria in 1996, a period when religious violence and conflict between the factions began to explode. Adapted from a true story, "Of Gods and Men" with a good effort down the roots of violence these days is gripping the world through acts of terror. And the work of superior Beauvoisprecisely because of the simplicity that she carries.
Try it carefully you can see the screen: the monks who worked in the routine; population with a slow tempo of activity; short conversation about love, loneliness and solitude. Nothing excessive. As is also associated with different neighbors beliefs: nothing is superfluous. But that's the advantage of thedirector. Quietly, with a memorable way he relaxed, he put us in a position to anticipate full-pounding horror in the following rounds.
Fear, which eventually crept in during the movie, crammed Beauvois began when the leader of the Cistercian monastery of the order, Michael, played by Lambert Wilson convincingly, received a warrant stating that all foreigners in the country shall be displaced by an increasingly severe strain. They're worried.
The question: to go or stay?
Impregnated anxiety, they discuss with locals. To the citizens, they likened themselves in the village as a bird perched on a branch. But a woman just replied, "Wrong. That we were the bird. You branch where perch."
After passing through several events, exchange thoughts and prayers long, they decided to stay there. "I never thought about leaving this place," said a monk.
Decisions made at the dinner table that inevitably brings audiences to the threshold between relief and crowded. There was no room in subsequent scenes that do not presuppose an emergency. Peak, which would be the most impressive part, scenes like the famous Last Supper. Accompanied by a number of "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky composer ', the monks gathered at the dinner table, drinking red wine. Intense camera panned the water one by one their faces. At that point, subtler moments to cinema. And we are faced with something beyond faith: humanity.

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