A monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps though the region. The army offers them protection, but the monks refuse. Should they leave? Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay… come what may.
This film is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria, from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996.

CAST
Christian__ Lambert WILSON
Luc__ Michael LONSDALE
Christophe__ Olivier RABOURDIN
Célestin__ Philippe LAUDENBACH
Amédée__ Jacques HERLIN
Jean-Pierre__ Loïc PICHON
Michel__ Xavier MALY
Paul__ Jean-Marie FRIN
Nouredine__ Abdelhafid METALSI
Rabbia__ Sabrina OUAZANI
Omar__ Abdallah MOUNDY
Bruno__ Olivier PERRIER
Ali Fayattia__ Farid LARBI
Terrorist__ Adel BENCHERIF

Directed by Xavier Beauvois
Screenplay: Etienne COMAR, Xavier Beauvois
DP: Caroline CHAMPETIER
Production designer: Michel BARTHELEMY
Sound: Jean-Jacques FERRAN, Eric BONNARD
Editor: Marie-Julie MAILLE
First assistant director: Guillaume BONNIER
Monastic consultant: Henry QUINSON
Continuity: Agathe GRAU
Costume designer: Marielle ROBAUT
Production managers: Thibault MATTEI, Khaled HAFFAD
Line producers: Martine CASSINELLI, Frantz RICHARD

A Why Not Productions - Armada Films - France 3 Cinéma
coproduction
With the participation of France Télévisions - Canal+ - Cinécinéma
Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l'Image Animée
In association with Cinémage 4 - Cofinova 6 - Soficinéma 6

INTERNATIONAL SALES
Wild Bunch

French release: september 8th, 2010
running time: 120 minutes