Review of The Name of the Rose

I watched this movie more than ten years ago and liked it a lot and just last week I had the chance to watch it again on TV. I thought I'd start watching it a little and then turn it off, but it was too gripping to leave it so I watched it all the way through. It's the story of two Franciscan monks, one of whom masterly played by Sean Connery, who happen to be in an abbey where mysterious killings of monks are taking place. William of Baskerville (Connery) and his pupil Adso (Slater)try to find out the truth not without difficulties, due to the opposition of the hosts monks. The cruel inquisition, led by Bernando Gui (Abraham) also investigates the mysterious killings. The plot is very well developed and there is a good pace of the story. The setting is just perfect to describe the creepy and dull atmosphere of the medieval abbey. The physical features of the monster-looking monks (see Salvatore played by Ron Pearlman) contribute, along with the darkness of the photography, to a fearsome atmosphere. The references to real history characters, described by a reliable medieval scholar like Umberto Eco, adds something more to it.