14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.
If The Name of the Rose hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Both films sit with guilt, paranoia, and figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions, life under oppression, and family wounds passed down. Same energy: tense, haunting, methodical, and escalating.
What ties these together is injustice, guilt, and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions, religion and faith, and family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, bleak, tense, methodical, and slow burn.
What ties these together is guilt and figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions. The feel is the same: haunting, dark comedy, slow burn, and methodical.
What ties these together is guilt, loss of innocence, and figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions, life under oppression, and family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, bleak, tense, methodical, and escalating.
