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...only does the monk, played by Jean Carmet, come to acknowledge that his view of religion is too limited to understand the spirituality and customs of the local women, but he also confronts the inadequacies and hypocrisies of his personal creed. Throughout the movie the monk has flashbacks to a scene that occurred when he was a young man, hunting with his father, a powerful nobleman. After refusing to skin a deer that his father has just shot down, the monk runs away, ashamed at his cowardice, and rapes a young girl he comes upon. This act of degradation permeates...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: The Conflicting World of Medieval France | 7/15/1988 | See Source »

...German settlement rebuffs the French attack and threatens retaliation, this fragile social fabric disintegrates amid bluster, cowardice, hoarding and panic. Only one man keeps his head: a quiet, boyish geographer (Jacques Spiesser) who reveals an unsuspected flair for command. He supersedes the decent but feckless resident sergeant (Jean Carmet) and brilliantly mobilizes the local garrison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Over There | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

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