A Violent Desire for Joy

A Violent Desire for Joy (2018) is a drama, history film directed by Clément Schneider rated 4.1/10.

Region of Occitania, France, 1792. As the storm of revolution devastates the country, young monk Gabriel and his companions live peacefully in the Franciscan monastery of Saorge, near the Italian border. But everything changes with the arrival of the beautiful Marianne and a military detachment.

Cast

Quentin Dolmaire

Gabriel / François

Grace Seri

Marianne

Franc Bruneau

A Peddler

Vincent Maël Cardona

The Captain

Francis Leplay

The Abbot

Étienne Durot

Bertrand

Ilias Le Doré

Julien

Guillaume Compiano

Georges

Thomas Debat

Guilhèm

Macha Dussart

Guilhèm's Mother

Joseph Minster

Monk #1

Henri Marty

Monk #2