DVD The Name of the Rose

Based on Umberto Eco´s best-selling novel. Sean Connery is a monk-turned-detective who, together with his novice, Christian Slater, tries desperately to unravel the mystery of the Abbey´s murders. Monks are being killed in all manner of ways, and as Brother Sean´s investigations get underway, more is revealed to the audience of the darker side of Italian monastic life at the beginning of the 14th Century. It is a wonderfully observed film with stunning cinematography by Tonino Delli Colli, and there´s some hideously grotesque monks.