The Humanities Film Series presents…

OF GODS AND MEN

Friday, December 2 @ 7 PM

ETC Lecture Hall

Of Gods and Men, inspired by the life of Cistercian monks of Tibéhirine in Algeria from 1993 to 1996, shows the life of eight French Christian monks as they are closely related to religious Muslims of the mountain village.  Fundamentalists belonging to neither religious group begin terrorist massacres in the region.  Should the Christians and the Muslims then separate?  What is most important in a genuinely religious life?  What is the place of poverty, failure, and death?

Of Gods and Men is slow and thoughtful, even as its events are horrible and its issues, fearful.  Yet, because “love hopes all things,” it expresses joy.

The film premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Grand Prix.

123 minutes. In French with English subtitles.