The Name of the Rose
Year: | 1986 |
Production Co: | Cristaldifilm |
Studio: | 20th Centyr Fox |
Director: | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
Writer: | Umberto Eco |
Cast: | Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Ron Perlman |
He takes his sidekick (Slater) with him, and there are several subplot asides such as the young novice's sexual awakening, senior members of the dark ages Catholic Church.
It's all wrapped up in the dark secrets of the church a la The Da Vinci Code, and though something of the lyric beauty if Eco's writing is lost in translation, it's an effective murder mystery in a time and place you've never seen before.