A Violent Desire for Joy

A Violent Desire for Joy

75 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 26, 2018

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.

A Violent Desire for Joy

75 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 26, 2018

A Violent Desire for Joy
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.
Producers Les Films d'Argile
Original title Un violent désir de bonheur
Directors Marie Morice, Arthur Guerrand, Clément Schneider
Writers Clément Schneider, Chloé Chevalier

Cast

Quentin Dolmaire

as Gabriel / François

Grace Seri

as Marianne

Franc Bruneau

as A Peddler

Vincent Maël Cardona

as The Captain

Francis Leplay

as The Abbot

Étienne Durot

as Bertrand

Ilias Le Doré

as Julien

Guillaume Compiano

as Georges

Thomas Debat

as Guilhèm

Macha Dussart

as Guilhèm's Mother

Joseph Minster

as Monk #1

Henri Marty

as Monk #2