L'oeuvre au noir
In the sixteenth century, Spain occupies Flanders, an Inquisition enforces the faith. Aging writer and philosopher, Zènon Ligre, comes to Bruges using a false name and papers to serve as a physician to the poor, establishing a clinic and steam bath. His methods and opinions are outside the mainstream, but he has the protection and friendship of the local Prior. Zènon, an aristocrat with a degree in canon law, lives humbly. He learns of bacchanals under Masonic signs involving monks and women, and he warns those involved. The Prior is dying, and he urges Zènon to flee to England. Zènon burns his writing. Will he leave or will he face ecclesiastical accusers and, perhaps, the stake?
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HD
Drama
1988
110 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : L'oeuvre au noir
- Duration : 110 min
- Languages : French
- Writers : Andrè Delvaux, Marguerite Yourcenar (novel)
- Directors : Andrè Delvaux min
- Imdb : 7 (202 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3 (1658 votes)
- Actors : Gian Maria Volontè, Sami Frey, Jacques Lippe, Anna Karina
Movie Storyline
In the sixteenth century, Spain occupies Flanders, an Inquisition enforces the faith. Aging writer and philosopher, Zènon Ligre, comes to Bruges using a false name and papers to serve as a physician to the poor, establishing a clinic and steam bath. His methods and opinions are outside the mainstream, but he has the protection and friendship of the local Prior. Zènon, an aristocrat with a degree in canon law, lives humbly. He learns of bacchanals under Masonic signs involving monks and women, and he warns those involved. The Prior is dying, and he urges Zènon to flee to England. Zènon burns his writing. Will he leave or will he face ecclesiastical accusers and, perhaps, the stake?