Release Date: February 25, 2011 (limited); March 18, 2011 (wider)
Rating: PG-13 (for a momentary scene of startling wartime violence, some disturbing images and brief language - originally rated R)
Genre: Drama, History
Run Time: 122 min.
Director: Xavier Beauvois
Actors: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale and Olivier Rabourdin
Do you have the courage of your convictions? What’s the difference between obedience to a calling and sheer pig-headedness? Where do you draw the line between standing up for what you believe and rushing headlong toward martyrdom?
For a small band of French Trappist monks in 1990s Algeria, those questions are not academic. With war breaking out around them, the men have to decide whether to stay or...