Xavier Beauvois' new film "Of Gods and Men" (Des Hommes et des Dieux) is an intense and moving film of 7 Trappist monks in Algeria who had a coexistence with Muslim neighbors until extremists threatened and killed the monks. The Atlas Martyrs gave their lives in the night of 27-28 March 1996.Know the monks: Atlas Martyrs Biographies.pdf
John Kiser wrote of the monks in his 2002 The Monks of Tibhirine which I recommend to give you a sense of what's going on here.
"Of Gods and Men" is being shown on the East coast, now in NYC and next week in New Haven. Here's the trailor.
Love is eternal hope...
This movie was soul wrenchingly beautiful. It was perfectly cast (My favorite actors were those playing Father Christian and Brother Luc). The pace of the movie seemed at times to move at breakneck speed - when in reality you are feeling your own emotions roil as you follow the dialogue. Brother Christophe's crisis of faith brought me to tears.
I heartily reccommend this movie. Be warned that there is some violence.