The end of July did not let the sun as it should be expressed on the hexagon. Many are refugees in movie theaters, mostly to see the blockbusters of the moment or French comedies of the lowest. Thus Le Moine , the latest film by director Dominik Moll (who must have particularly praised Harry, a friend who wishes you well  found himself projected into the room the smaller the UGC Lille (80 places only by eye). Vincent Cassel ( La Haine , Dobermann , Public Enemy , Black Swan ...) who dons the garb of a monk that does not attract the crowds. This is unfortunate given the quality of his game

This is Ambrosio , filed in the state of abortion at the door of a convent and raised and raised by monks. We are in Spain in the seventeenth century, but space and time are not important after all. Ambrosio grew up and became a monk in turn. It becomes even Monk , who has devoted his entire life to learning, digestion and application of Catholic teachings, and known for around the intoxicating conviction of his homilies. His fall into sin inevitable result of the arrival of a mysterious masked disciple that seems to condemn fanaticism anything but pious.

Oppressive, dark, effective, intriguing, demonic. These are the adjectives that come to mind when it is necessary to describe the climate of the film. I think about The Ninth Gate ( The Ninth Gate  by Roman Polanski , for example, to evoke the kind of malaise that settled. The general framework is built like a Greek tragedy exciting.Character progression to his own downfall is terribly involved as its staging of the devil, and by extension by the director, is clever and Machiavellian. On the form, I identify a director's desire to disturb his audience physically and psychologically. In his way to a succession of very dark scenes and some very light (it's pretty aggressive), to open or enter into certain sequences by a circle that encloses or releases the image, or to evoke fear by a set of negative images or plans of gargoyles frozen in facies little reassuring. I also accept the mask of the disciple (a hood in the original work of Matthew G. Lewis . It is frozen with fear and hiding announced as a face horribly burned. But the temptation to see what is behind, despite the fear, is finally growing up to discover and realize that what he is hiding an even greater temptation ...

The Monk is a strange experience, even through a tiny movie theater because it is ultimately more immersive.The special effects and fittings are worthy editing software enthusiasts the most basic ... Everything is focused on the quality of the script and frankly, it's a blessing in disguise. Yet this is not a film available, even if the idea is rather simple. To see if you are fans of the genre and really intrigued.