tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post7020588709000910799..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Of Gods and MenFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-42485904073105617982010-12-25T21:55:07.678+00:002010-12-25T21:55:07.678+00:00This film is on at the Duke of Yorks in Brighton f...This film is on at the Duke of Yorks in Brighton from tomorrow Sunday 26th December to Thursday 30th Decemberpelerinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-31934973770916852672010-10-29T11:07:44.252+01:002010-10-29T11:07:44.252+01:00The real motivation for the assassination of the M...The real motivation for the assassination of the Monks of Tibhrine has fuelled much debate and the inevitable conspiracy theories.<br /><br />Because of this I understand that the film ends before their deaths and concentrates on their lives before their kidnap.<br /><br />Did the armed Islamist group really kill them? Or was it the Algerian Secret Service who made their deaths look like the responsability of armed Islamist groups by decapitating them?<br /><br />Following the evidence of a highranking French officer - a General I believe - he testified that their deaths were the result of a dreadful mistake during a rescue attempt by the Algerian army. As their bodies had been riddled with bullets this was hidden when only their heads were returned for burial. I don't think their bodies have ever been found.pelerinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-53562736813209923772010-10-28T14:57:43.570+01:002010-10-28T14:57:43.570+01:00Crux
I think your friend is indulging in wishful ...Crux<br /><br />I think your friend is indulging in wishful and conspiratorial thinking. My godmother's brother was one of the monks killed and all the evidence, including the threats and warnings for the two years before the martyrdom, point quite clearly to it having been the work of the Islamists.Recusanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446741817585462393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-52218545032014637612010-10-28T07:40:51.752+01:002010-10-28T07:40:51.752+01:00An Algerian friend insists that it was not Islamis...An Algerian friend insists that it was not Islamists who murdered the monks but the Algerian government in an attempt to discredit the Islamic party.Crux Fidelishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03949811845963570447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-86558332056038872302010-10-27T23:40:26.846+01:002010-10-27T23:40:26.846+01:00Parents saw it at London Film Festival. Said it is...Parents saw it at London Film Festival. Said it is excellent.videomakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-51108041514190271932010-10-27T22:19:51.461+01:002010-10-27T22:19:51.461+01:00This film has received great praise in France. Fri...This film has received great praise in France. Friends who have seen it have told me it is a deeply moving film. I had hoped to see it last week on a planned visit but owing to illness was unable to go.<br /><br />I wondered what the English title would be and strangely they have reversed the French title. Having looked it up now I see that it will not be released here until December 3rd. Viewers will recognise Anglo-French Michel Lonsdale in the film who played a star part in The Day of the Jackal.<br /><br />The website of the newspaper 'La Croix' has a number of articles and videos relating to the film.pelerinnoreply@blogger.com