(Il nome della rosa)
It is a very impressive film directed by Jean-Jacques Annoud. Where William of Baskerville with his novice Adso of Melk were called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a abbey. In this film not only God has part of it, but also the insecurity of human beings. This film gave the perception how authority can lead to fatal errors. How monks abused of their authority just because they didn't want to accept the reality.
There were different types of monks group. Each of them had their own perception and idealism about God. The saddest part is that they didn't provide any hospitable, charitable and hospital services to the poor peasant from outside, especially toward women. The movie emphasized women as a human beings that did not have any respect and value. They were seen as a sin. A sin that can lead to destruction and self-disvalue, if men follow women. They were perceived as a pleasure object, nothing more. In the end of the movie, the novice Adso of Melk who fall in love with a girl, he had sex and felt something especial for her. He left her, even though she looked for him. He choose to follow William of Baskerville than to stay with the love of his life. He choose to have wisdom than love. During that period of time, men valued more wisdom than women. They preferred to live a life alone with wisdom than married with family. Women did not have freedom of speech. The beginning of the Middle Ages, women did not receive any consideration from men. Freedom of speech was prohibited for women. If they did, they were considered witches. Women were seen to be inferior to men. For the Church, women should be docile and obedience to their father and husband. During this period of time, men had an absolute control. In the Film, the only girl that appeared, she was a poor one, with not education, self-respect and notions. She used to look for food in the abbey. This showed how women were the silent voices of the middle age. Any mistakes could lead women to be burned at the stake. The film might reflect a negative side of the women. This negative side is showed when the monk was looking for the girl to offer her food in exchange of sexual act. The young girl was seen as a sex object in exchange of food. A woman was like the forbidden fruit.
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