Requiem (2001)

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	Year of first release: 2001
	Director: Hervé Renoh
	Actors: Patrick Dell'Isola, Moussa Maaskri (À bout portant), Julie-Anne Roth
	Country: F
	Genre: Thriller, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 15.11.2013, DVD, Home cinema
Synopsis: After thirteen years in jail, four criminals escape and end up in a monastery in which they will meet the old accomplice that is responsible for their imprisonment.
Review: I probably heard about this french genre movie in the Mad Movies magazine, but is is barely mentioned in its 2002 palmares. The general idea of a criminal turned monk and the final twist are good. But the metaphors are not very subtle (the head of the criminals is the devil, the monk is Jesus...). As often in French movies I found that the actors overplay this one, as if they were playing theater. The criminals are caricatured (the boss, the boss' right arm, the rapist, the believer) and predictable. Overall Requiem is not bad, but it often tries to be too serious or too good-looking, and turns out to be exaggerated.
Rating: 4 /10