The Name of the Rose

Name: The Name of the Rose
Genre: Period Piece, Thriller, Classic, Drama
Released: 1986
Duration: 130 min
Cast: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham, Ron Perlman

Jean-Jacques Annaud19862h 10mPeriod Piece, Thriller, Classic, Drama

Why we chose it

Sean Connery and Christian Slater lead Jean-Jacques Annaud’s adaptation of Umberto Eco’s famous novel, one of the most original murder mysteries ever filmed, where faith, learning and power collide. In a fourteenth-century abbey the monks keep dying, and the most popular theory is the Apocalypse.

Synopsis

In a remote fourteenth-century abbey a monk has been found dead, and his brothers are certain the Apocalypse has begun. A gathering of Franciscans is due any day, so a learned friar who has just arrived is asked to find out what happened. More murders follow, and the Inquisition is already on its way.