A Violent Desire for Joy

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.

• Clément SchneiderDirector
• Joaquim PavyOriginal Music Composer
• Chloé ChevalierScreenplay
• Clément SchneiderScreenplay

• Quentin DolmaireGabriel / François
• Grace SeriMarianne
• Franc BruneauA Peddler
• Vincent Maël CardonaThe Captain
• Francis LeplayThe Abbot
• Étienne DurotBertrand
• Ilias Le DoréJulien
• Guillaume CompianoGeorges
• Thomas DebatGuilhèm
• Macha DussartGuilhèm's Mother
• Joseph MinsterMonk #1
• Henri MartyMonk #2