Iimonki, zikhokelwa nguMzalwana uChristian (obalaseleyo uLambert Wilson, ababukeli baseMelika abanokuthi bamqonde njengeMerovingian evela IMatrix bhanyabhanya), phila ubomi obuzolileyo bokholo kunye nenkonzo kwi-monastery entle entle endulini evela kwilali ethwaxwe yintlupheko. Abantu basezidolophini baxhomekeke kwiimonki ngononophelo lonyango – olwenziwa nguMzalwan 'uLuc (Michael Lonsdale), umntu onesifo sombefu uSanta Claus doppelganger – ngokunjalo nenkokhelo yezenkolo. Kodwa xa iqela labasebenzi bokwakha baseCroatia babulawa liqela elixhobileyo, iimonki zizifumana zombini iithagethi kunye nabasindisi abanokubakho. Siziva ngathi siziintaka kwisebe, enye yeemonki ithi kwibhodi yolawulo yoluntu, ichaza inkxalabo yabo ngokhuseleko lwabo. Siziintaka, umfazi walapha uyamlungisa. Nina nilisebe.
I-Beauvois ivumela intsomi ukuba iqhubeke kancinci, ivumela ikhamera ukuba ihlale ixesha elininzi cwaka. Ubuso babadlali kufuneka badlulise okungaphezulu kunamazwi abo, kwaye ngelixa uWilson noLonsdale bema ngaphandle, uJacques Herlin, odlala i-wizened, phantse njengomntwana u-Amédée, no-Olivier Rabourdin, odlala uChristophe, oyena woyikisayo nongcungcuthekisiweyo kuyonwabisa ukubukela. Okuchukumisayo ngakumbi yimiboniso emininzi apho iimonki zicula kwaye zicule; njengoko ibali liqhubeka amazwi emithandazo yabo athatha intsingiselo entsha.
Indawo enye evakalelwa ngaphezulu kukuba isidlo sangokuhlwa sokugqibela esimnandi esenziwa ziimonki kunye ngaphambi nje kokubanjwa kwazo. Njengokutshutshiswa kukaTchaikovsky Ichibi laseSwan ukudlala amanqaku ukusuka kumgangatho weteyipu, abazalwana bathule bethe cwaka bejikeleza iwayini kunye nokutya ngelixa uBeavovois epanini ejikeleze itafile, bezinza kaninzi ebusweni bendoda nganye, besondela kwaye besondela kumjikelo ngamnye. Ukuba yonke ifilimu ibingathintelwanga kangako, oku kunokubonakala kunganyanzelekanga ukuba kube yimilodramatic. Kwaye kwakhona, ndinokuba ndicaphukile. Bendingaboni kakuhle ngenxa yokulila kwam ngokuxhalaba.
Emva kokudumba kweLake Swan Lake, Oothixo nabantu ibuyela kwifom, ifikelela esiphelweni sayo ngendlela ethe cwaka, ekhathazayo, nenesidima efanele amadoda angakholelekiyo ayikhuthazayo. Umbukeli ushiyeka ethe khamnqa, eshiyiwe, kwaye ezele luvuyo oluza kukungqina isenzo sokwenene senkolo.
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Ibhalwe ngu-Xavier Beauvois kunye no-Etienne Comar
Ekhokelwa nguXavier Beauvois
Kudlala uLambert Wilson, uMichael Lonsdale, u-Olivier Rabourdin
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