The Name of the Rose (1986)

Na een mysterieuze dood in een klooster, denken de monniken dat dit het begin van de nieuwe apocalypse is. Het is ook uiterst slecht getimed aangezien ze binnenkort bezoek krijgen van belangrijke geestelijke leiders. Ze vragen daarom hulp van de monnik William of Baskerville, ze willen dat hij uitvindt wat er hier gaande is. Samen met zijn leerling gaat hij op onderzoek uit, maar hij moet ook vechten tegen de klok aangezien ze belangrijk bezoek verwachten.

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Adapted from Umberto Eco's best-selling novel, director Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Name of the Rose is a 14th century murder-mystery thriller starring Sean Connery as a Sherlock Holmes-esque Franciscan monk called William of Baskerville. When a murder occurs at a secluded Benedictine Abbey, William is called in to investigate. As he and his apprentice, Adson von Melk (Christian Slater), delve deeper and deeper into the case, more dead bodies begin to turn up. Eventually, Bernardo Gui, an inquisitor played by F. Murray Abraham gets involved, but he may not have the best intentions. Sean Connery's performance earned...
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him the award for Best Actor at the 1988 British Academy Awards.
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Based on the best-selling book by Italian author Umberto Eco. During a meeting of the papacy, a brilliant English monk, William of Baskerville, uses reason to solve a series of bizarre murders attributed to the devil--and risks being burned for heresy by the holy inquisition.

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