The Name of the Rose (film)

The Name of the Rose Italian Il nome della rosa , German Der Name der Rose , French Le nom de la rose is a 1986 film directed by JeanJacques Annaud, based on the book of the same name by Umberto Eco. Sean Connery is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and Christian Slater is his apprentice Adso of Melk, who are called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey.

William soon concludes that Adelmos death was indeed suicide, having fallen from a different tower. Despite Williams explanation, Venantius, a Greek translator and the last to speak with Adelmo is found dead, in a vat filled with the blood of slaughtered pigs. The translators corpse bears a black stain on a finger and his tongue. While at a loss, William insists that Adelmo killed himself and that a reasonable explanation exists for the translators death. The other monks fear a supernatural cause, suspicions reinforced when the saintly Fransciscan monk Ubertino of Casale warns that the deaths resemble signs mentioned in the Book of Revelation.In the scriptorium, William inspects Adelmos desk, but is blocked by Brother Berengar, the assistant librarian. Brother Malachia, another librarian, denies William access to the rest of the building. ........

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