A Violent Desire for Joy

A Violent Desire for Joy

A Violent Desire for Joy

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A Violent Desire for Joy

2018

1h 15m

4.1(7 votes)

Drama

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Overview

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.

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Quentin Dolmaire

Gabriel / François

Quentin Dolmaire

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Grace Seri

Marianne

Grace Seri

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Franc Bruneau

A Peddler

Franc Bruneau

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Vincent Maël Cardona

The Captain

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Francis Leplay

The Abbot

Francis Leplay

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Étienne Durot

Bertrand

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Ilias Le Doré

Julien

Ilias Le Doré

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Guillaume Compiano

Georges

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Thomas Debat

Guilhèm

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Macha Dussart

Guilhèm's Mother

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Joseph Minster

Monk #1

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Henri Marty

Monk #2

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