Of Gods and Men

“In the face of terror, their greatest weapon was faith...”

Christian (Lambert Wilson) is the prior of a Trappist monastery at Tibhirine in Algeria, where he and his brothers live in harmony with the largely Muslim villagers around them. When the violence of the civil war reaches the surrounding country, Xavier Beauvois follows the monks as they argue over whether to stay or leave. Luc (Michael Lonsdale), the old doctor, goes on seeing patients in his small room.