A Violent Desire for Joy

A Violent Desire for Joy (2018)

Drama, History1 hour and 15 minutes
45%
User score
Description

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.

Clément Schneider
Director, Screenplay
Chloé Chevalier
Screenplay

Actors

Quentin Dolmaire
Quentin Dolmaire
Gabriel / François
Grace Seri
Grace Seri
Marianne
Franc Bruneau
Franc Bruneau
A Peddler
Vincent Maël Cardona
Vincent Maël Cardona
The Captain
Francis Leplay
Francis Leplay
The Abbot
Étienne Durot
Étienne Durot
Bertrand
Ilias Le Doré
Ilias Le Doré
Julien
Guillaume Compiano
Guillaume Compiano
Georges
Thomas Debat
Thomas Debat
Guilhèm
Macha Dussart
Macha Dussart
Guilhèm's Mother
Joseph Minster
Joseph Minster
Monk #1
Henri Marty
Henri Marty
Monk #2
Status

Released

Original language

French

Budget

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Revenue

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Keywords
southern francefrench revolution18th centuryreligious belieffranciscan monkcatholic monastery