Tetris
The real story of 16 Carmelites nuns during the French Revolution, who after being arrested and condemned to death, went up to the guillotine singing and offering their lives 'so that Peace be restore…
Tetris
The real story of 16 Carmelites nuns during the French Revolution, who after being arrested and condemned to death, went up to the guillotine singing and offering their lives 'so that Peace be restored to the Church and the State'. You may be familiar with the story of the Carmelite martyrs of Compiègne, thanks to Bernanos' "Dialogues des carmélites" or Poulenc's adaptation for opera? But did you know that the central character, Blanche de la Force, never existed? Marked by a childhood memory, documentary director François Lespes ("Valaam, l'archipel des moines", "Jérôme Lejeune : aux plus petits d'entre les miens", 'J'entrerai au Ciel en dansant') wanted to tell the true story of these 16 women, who after being arrested and condemned to death, went up to the guillotine singing and offering their lives 'so that Peace be restored to the Church and the State', 10 days before the fall of Robespierre and the end of the Grande Terreur regime. In our time of great tensions between men and nations, Pope Francis canonized the Carmelites of Compiègne in December 2024, offering their extraordinary testimony to the entire Church and the world: What have they to tell us today?
Tetris
Biography,Drama,History
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The real story of 16 Carmelites nuns during the French Revolution, who after being arrested and condemned to death, went up to the guillotine singing and offering their lives 'so that Peace be restored to the Church and the State'. You may be familiar with the story of the Carmelite martyrs of Compiègne, thanks to Bernanos' "Dialogues des carmélites" or Poulenc's adaptation for opera? But did you know that the central character, Blanche de la Force, never existed? Marked by a childhood memory, documentary director François Lespes ("Valaam, l'archipel des moines", "Jérôme Lejeune : aux plus petits d'entre les miens", 'J'entrerai au Ciel en dansant') wanted to tell the true story of these 16 women, who after being arrested and condemned to death, went up to the guillotine singing and offering their lives 'so that Peace be restored to the Church and the State', 10 days before the fall of Robespierre and the end of the Grande Terreur regime. In our time of great tensions between men and nations, Pope Francis canonized the Carmelites of Compiègne in December 2024, offering their extraordinary testimony to the entire Church and the world: What have they to tell us today?.