26 December 2018 Drama, History 75 mins
Region of Occitania, France, 1792. As the storm of revolution devastates the country, young monk Gabriel and his companions live peacefully in the Franciscan monastery of Saorge, near the Italian border. But everything changes with the arrival of the beautiful Marianne and a military detachment.
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Quentin Dolmaire as Gabriel / François
Grace Seri as Marianne
Franc Bruneau as A Peddler
Vincent Maël Cardona as The Captain
Francis Leplay as The Abbot
Étienne Durot as Bertrand
Ilias Le Doré as Julien
Guillaume Compiano as Georges
Thomas Debat as Guilhèm
Macha Dussart as Guilhèm's Mother
Joseph Minster as Monk #1
Henri Marty as Monk #2
Clément Schneider Director
Bérangère Petitjean Production Manager
Samuel Charbonnot Production Design
Clément Schneider Producer
Clément Schneider Screenplay
Manuel Bolaños Director of Photography
Laure Ménégale Second Assistant Camera
Sophie Bégon Costume Designer
Arthur Guerrand First Assistant Director
Joaquim Pavy Original Music Composer
Florent Castellani Sound Editor
Sofía Victoria Rodrigo First Assistant Camera
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Germany 30 September 2018
Denmark 01 October 2018
Spain 01 July 2019
France 26 May 2021
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