Event Details

Xavier Beauvois
2010 / 120 min. 

A sublime tale of faith and doubt based on a real incident, Of Gods and Men chronicles the story of eight French Trappist monks living in an impoverished Algerian village. When faced with threats of violence from fundamentalist terrorists and the Algerian military, the monks must decide whether to seek safety or risk their lives and stay with the local villagers who have come to trust them and rely on their aid.

The Tournées Festival was made possible with the support of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Centre National de la Cinématographie. Sponsors include The Florence Gould Foundation, the Grand Marnier Foundation and highbrow entertainment. Presented by the Liebowitz Center for International Studies. Co-sponsored by the Division of Languages and Literature and the Division of Social Studies at Bard College at Simon's Rock.