The Name of the Rose Page #4

Synopsis: In the 14th century, William of Baskerville (Sean Connery), a renowned Franciscan monk, and his apprentice, Adso of Melk (Christian Slater), travel to an abbey where a suspicious death has occurred. Using his deductive powers, William begins investigating what he believes to be murder. During the course of his investigation, several more monks wind up dead. With fear running through the abbey, the church leaders call forth Bernardo Gui (F. Murray Abraham), William's nemesis, to find the truth.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Production: Nelson Entertainment
  Won 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 15 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
R
Year:
1986
130 min
5,139 Views


SALVATORE:
Noble brother, "magnifico"!

I don't have a good rhetoric. But men

must do "penitence."

I'm a monk. Saint Benedict!

Saint Benedict!

MONK:
Salvatore, come here.

EXT.

ADSO:
Master, what language was he speaking?

WILLIAM:
All languages, and none.

ADSO:
And what was the word you both kept

mentioning?

WILLIAM:
"Penitenziagite"?

ADSO:
What does it mean?

WILLIAM:
It means the hunchback, undoubtedly was

once a heretic.

"Penitenziagite" was the rallying cry of

the Dolcinites.

ADSO:
Dolcinites? Who were they, master?

WILLIAM:
Those who believed in the poverty of Christ.

ADSO:
So do we Franciscans.

WILLIAM:
But they also declared that everyone must

be poor. So they slaughtered the rich.

You see, Adso... the step between ecstatic

vision and sinful frenzy... is all too brief.

ADSO:
Well, then, could he not have killed the

translator?

WILLIAM:
No. No. Fat bishops and wealthy priests

were more to the taste of the Dolcinites.

Hardly a specialist of Aristotle. But,

yes, you're right. We must keep an open

mind.

We are very fortunate to have such snowy

ground here. It's often the parchment on

which the criminal unwillingly writes his

autograph.

Now, what do you read from these footprints

here?

ADSO:
That they are twice as deep as the others,

master.

WILLIAM:
Good, Adso. And thus we may conclude...?

ADSO:
Well, that the man was very heavy.

WILLIAM:
Precisely! And why was he very heavy?

ADSO:
Because... he was very fat?

WILLIAM:
Or because he was being burdened... with

the weight of another man.

Let us commit the autograph of this sole

to our memory.

ADSO:
But the footprints lead away from the jar

in this direction.

WILLIAM:
Oh, you turnip, Adso. You're discounting

the possibility that the man was walking

backwards, dragging the body thus...

Hence, the furrows created by the heels.

Now, where did the erudite Greek translator

meet the anonymous author of his death?

INT. SCRIPTORIUM.

(the librarian hastily closes a door)

WILLIAM:
Brother librarian.

Perhaps you will permit us to examine the

work of the two unfortunates... that were

so distressingly gathered unto God.

Your request is most unusual.

WILLIAM:
As are the circumstances of their deaths.

MALACHIA:
Brother Adelmo sat there.

WILLIAM:
Thank you.

(takes out his magnifying glasses)

MONK:
Eyes of glass in twin hoops.

WILLIAM:
(seeing a manuscript)

A donkey teaching the scriptures to the

bishops. The pope is a fox. The abbot

is a monkey. He really had a daring talent

for comic images.

BERENGAR:
(seeing a rat, screams)

MONKS:
(laugh)

JORGE:
(strikes a pot to pieces)

"A monk should not laugh. Only fool lifts

up his voice in laughter."

I trust my words didn't offend you, Brother

William... but I heard the persons laughing

at laughable things. You Franciscans,

however, belong to an order where merriment

is viewed with indulgence.

WILLIAM:
Yes, it's true. St. Francis was much

disposed to laughter.

JORGE:
Laughter is a devillish wind which deforms

the lineaments of the face and makes men

look like monkeys.

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