The Name of the Rose (1986)
| Year | 1986 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Detective |
| Director | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
| Country | Germany, France, Italy |
The idea of taking a medieval monastery and sending a detective with a deductive method seems provocative — but it is precisely on this that 'The Name of the Rose' (1986) stands. A scholarly Franciscan and his young novice arrive at the abbey, where monks are dying one after another, and they set out to uncover the reason, before the Inquisition declares the devil guilty. Jean-Jacques Annaud filmed this European co-production with a meticulousness rare for the genre: the cold of stone, soot, faces that seem to have come from medieval miniatures. The adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel inevitably lost some of its semiotic layers, but preserved the main point — the debate about whether laughter is dangerous and whether knowledge should be free. Sean Connery in the role of William of Baskerville considered this work one of his best, and his correctness is evident from the first scenes.
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