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The Name of the Rose
Why this pick
A richly tactile medieval murder investigation, where religious authority, fear and forbidden knowledge turn a cloistered setting into a tense moral labyrinth.
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MOVIE2003 1h 52m GBR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1380 England, the priest Nicholas (Paul Bettany) flees his village when found in flagrante delicto with a married woman. During flight he witnesses a group that has Euthanasia a member to give relief from his long recurring internal pain. He becomes known to the group and is captured. The group is a travelling acting troupe who think he is a robber and they explain the killing. Reluctantly, they allow him to join their troupe to replace the member killed. On their journey to the next town they are forced to travel to a new district after a collapsed bridge stops them taking their normal route and to mend the cart that carries their goods although they have no money. The troupe reach a strange town with castle under reconstruction and find a woman being sentenced to death for killing a boy upon the testimony of Benedictine Simon Damian (Ewen Bremner). The troupe perform a biblical passion play, but, as told by the group's leader Martin (Willem Dafoe), so few attend they are unable to bury the dead troupe member and fix their cart.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Brian Cox
Tobias
Gina McKee
Sarah
Vincent Cassel
Lord De Guise
Matthew Macfadyen
King’s Justice
Trevor Steedman
The cuckold husband
Richard Durden
Town Justice
Julian Barratt
Gravedigger
James Cosmo
Lambert