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Exclusive Interview – Writer and Director Dominik Moll Talks The Monk

1 May 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

As of last Friday, The Monk, the latest adaptation of Matthew Lewis’ revered and controversial eighteenth-century novel, made its way into select cinemas across the U.K.

The film, co-written and directed by Dominik Moll, centers on Ambrosio (Vincent Cassel), an acclaimed monk who, after becoming entranced by a masked figure (Déborah François) who takes shelter in the monastery, is lead down a destructive path full of sin.

Earlier this year at the 2012 Glasgow Film Festival, HeyUGuys had the opportunity to speak to Dominik about what initially drew him to Lewis’ source material, how he went about bringing the themes and ideas into the 21st century and what it was like to work with Vincent Cassel.

Here’s the interview in full:

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HeyUGuys: What was it about Matthew Lewis’ source material that made you so interested in bringing The Monk to the cinema screen?

Dominik Moll: Well, several things. »

- Jamie Neish

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Review: The Monk

29 April 2012 4:26 AM, PDT | Pure Movies | See recent Pure Movies news »

This is the Pure Movies review of The Monk, directed by Dominik Moll and starring Vincent Cassel, Déborah François, Joséphine Japy and Sergi López. Written by award-winning producer and director Garth Twa, exclusively for Pure Movies. Lightning rents the black sky. A castle, er, monastery sits high and forbidding on a distant hill. Eddies swirl in angry, bloated streams; foundlings are dangled. Crows screech from turrets; gargoyles loom with hollow mouths. The Monk, the new film by Dominik Moll (Lemming; Harry, He’s Here To Help) has all the tropes of a sturdy diabolic horror film: thrashings of Hammer gothic, buckets of Roger Corman Grand Guignol, and also—as a bonus, because it’s French—nods to Bosch, Breugel, Dreyer’s Passion of Joan of Arc and Jodorowsky’s daylight surrealism. »

- Dr. Garth Twa

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This week's new films

27 April 2012 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Damsels In Distress (12A)

(Whit Stillman, 2011, Us) Greta Gerwig, Analeigh Tipton, Adam Brody, Ryan Metcalf, Megalyn Echikunwoke. 99 mins

Stillman casts a wry eye across the college campus, and settles on Gerwig's clique of preppy girls who confuse charity with condescension. The result is distinctively articulate, witty, gently surreal and hilariously sarcastic. But as well as parodying these misguided teens, Stillman clearly has great sympathy for them. It's good to have him back.

Avengers Assemble (12A)

(Joss Whedon, 2012, Us) Samuel L Jackson, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson. 142 mins

Considering the lack of leeway Whedon had with this superhero juggernaut, he pulls off a remarkable feat, keeping all the plates spinning with as much irony as he can get away with. It descends into a numbing effects orgy, but it's fast and fun along the way.

Albert Nobbs (15)

(Rodrigo García, 2011, UK/Ire) Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska. 113 mins

Close's committed performance anchors this »

- Steve Rose

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The Monk Review

27 April 2012 5:30 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Abandoned on the doorstep of a monastery in Spain, Ambrosio (Vincent Cassel) becomes a devout friar known far and wide for his ethics and traditionalism, much like the Capuchin monks who raised him. However, after suffering a series of terrorising dreams, he becomes entranced by a masked figure who takes shelter in the monastery. Discovering the figure is actually a woman named Valerio (Déborah François), Ambrosio seduces her, beginning his slow descent into a world of sin.

The Monk, based on Matthew Lewis’ revered and controversial eighteenth century novel of the same name, positions itself strongly as a character-driven, muted period drama. The script, co-written by Dominik Moll and Anne-Louise Trividic, focuses its attention on the psychological aspects of Ambrosio’s fall from grace, heightened by the manifestations of evil that have infected his subconscious and the arrival of the elusive Valerio, played with tremendous sexuality by François.

Unfortunately, due »

- Jamie Neish

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The Monk Review

24 April 2012 10:58 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

Director: Dominik Moll

Starring: Vincent Cassel, Déborah François, Joséphine Japy and Sergi Lopez

Running Time: 101 mins

Certificate: 15

Synopsis: Abandoned at birth and raised in a monastery, Ambrosio (Cassel) soon becomes a well-respected monk himself; admired far and wide for his relentless adherence to the rules of the order, and oratorial skills. However, an ever-darkening shadow is soon cast over him, and as he struggles to maintain his virtuous ways, his sanctity begins to give way to fear and desire…

This adaptation of the eponymous novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, is a well-honed, character-driven thriller, which examines the hypocritical nature of organised religion through its protagonist, Ambrosio. However, there is a discernible reticence pervading the narrative that detracts from the overall effect of the film.

This restraint comes in the form of Ambrosio’s inner workings, and their relation to his fall from grace. In the source material, he knows he »

- Martin Daniel McDonagh

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