Le Concile de pierre (2006)
Directed by Guillaume Nicloux

Drama / Thriller / Fantasy
aka: The Stone Council

Film Synopsis

Laura Siprien is a French interpreter who can have no idea what she is taking on when she decides to adopt a baby boy of Mongolian origin, Liu-San.  All is well for the first few years, but then one day Laura notices a strange mark has appeared on the boy's chest.  Around this time, the two of them begin to experience the same series of horrific nightmares.  Unable to account for this, Laura carries on with her life, although by now she senses that both she and her adopted son are in great danger.  Before she sets off on a short assignment in Germany, Laura leaves the little boy in the care of her friend Sybille Weber, the neurologist who tended to him after his parents died.

Laura is driving to the airport when, to her incredulity, she notices Liu-San hiding in the rear seat of her car.  An eagle then appears from nowhere and, seized by a sudden panic, Laura crashes her vehicle.  Fortunately, they both survive the accident, although the young woman is now starting to wonder if she isn't going out of her mind.  With the boy now in a coma, Laura is surprised when she hears his voice on a recorder, in a language she does not recognise.  Her research leads her to discover that Liu-San is speaking in the obscure dialect of a Mongolian tribe.  It seems that the boy is in the greatest of danger, as a group of sorcerers are determined to get their hands on him for their own sinister purpose...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Guillaume Nicloux
  • Script: Stéphane Cabel, Guillaume Nicloux, Jean-Christophe Grangé (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Peter Suschitzky
  • Music: Éric Demarsan
  • Cast: Monica Bellucci (Laura Siprien), Catherine Deneuve (Sybille Weber), Moritz Bleibtreu (Serguei Makov), Sami Bouajila (Lucas), Elsa Zylberstein (Clarisse), Nicolas Thau (Liu-San), Lorenzo Balducci (L'inspecteur Frank Neves), Nicolas Jouhet (L'inspecteur Langlois), Peter Bonke (Le docteur Vonkel), Tubtchine Bayaertu (Barsak Thalik), Laurent Grévill (Daguerre), Jerzy Rogulski (Le professeur Bruner), Yoshi Oida (Kamal), Nikolai Boldaev (Ayrag), Simona Maicanescu (La directrice de l'orphelinat), Pascal Bongard (Perrone), Eva Saint-Paul (Condroyer), Valentine Herrenschmidt (L'infirmière), Bayaset Manjikoff (Le vieil homme), Yves Marmion (L'attaché d'ambassade)
  • Country: France / Italy / Germany
  • Language: French / English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 102 min
  • Aka: The Stone Council

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