A Violent Desire for Joy

Directed by Clément Schneider

Written by Chloé Chevalier, Clément Schneider

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.

Cast

Quentin Dolmaire

Gabriel / François

Grace Seri

Marianne

Franc Bruneau

A Peddler

?

Vincent Maël Cardona

The Captain

Francis Leplay

The Abbot

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Étienne Durot

Bertrand

Ilias Le Doré

Julien

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Guillaume Compiano

Georges

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Thomas Debat

Guilhèm

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Macha Dussart

Guilhèm's Mother

?

Joseph Minster

Monk #1

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Henri Marty

Monk #2