A Violent Desire for Joy

December. 26,2018      
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Quentin Dolmaire as  Gabriel / François
Grace Seri as  Marianne
Franc Bruneau as  A Peddler
Francis Leplay as  The Abbot

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Reviews

Colibel
2018/12/26

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

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Wordiezett
2018/12/27

So much average

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Rio Hayward
2018/12/28

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Kaydan Christian
2018/12/29

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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