A contemporary religious film lavishly praised by America magazine (our reviewer John Anderson called it "vaguely miraculous") and The New York Times (which today called it "beatiful, somber and rigorously intelligent)? Need you any more encouragement to see the award-winning "Of Gods and Men," about the martyred Trappists of Our Lady of Atlas Monastery in Algeria, which some are calling one of the greatest movies about the workings of faith? In that case, here is the trailer. The movie opens in limited release today.
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Only available in two theaters in Manhattan in the New York area. Any word on a further release.
There was a lot of discussion in the French media last summer on how popular this religious film was in contemporary secular France. What did that signify: a longing for a less secular past, another retelling of what was lost when Algeria became independent?
Yes. See this movie.
www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1100797.htm
This link takes you to an article about the involvement of an ex-monk in the filming of the movie.
Wonderful.
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