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The Stone Council

2006 1h 40m Mystery & Thriller Fantasy List
Tomatometer 1 Reviews 21% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Strange events plague a Parisian interpreter (Monica Bellucci) when she adopts an Asian boy (Nicolas Thau) in Russia.

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Kaleem Aftab The National (UAE) Overwrought and so full of plot holes that no acting performance, however great, could rescue this movie from the shackles of mediocrity. May 15, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Brilliant opening sequence doesn't quite follow the rest of the movie, but entertaining nevertheless. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member yap?m ba?ar?l? gibi,monica bellucci cevirmen gibi bi?i,sonra bi gün ewlatl?k cocuk al?or asyal? 1-2 ya??nda filan,sonra 7-8 ya??nda iken cocuk vücudunda yara izi gibi bi?i c?k?or,sonra cocugun seven kabilesi die bi asyal?mnkabilenin kitab?nda yazan 100y?lda gelen bir canl? oldugu ve onun ta? meclisinde kurban edilmesi gerekti?i vs dü?ünülüor,megerse olay?n ba??nda monican?n en yak?n?nda die bildigi catherine deneuve ve eonun ekibi,moniccan?n ev arkda??,i? arkda??m vs war,ama monica ya yard?m eden rus gizli ajan? rolünde moritz bleibtreu war...derken irkutsk yak?nlar?nda bi yere gidio monica,cünkü oglunun bundan kac?r?olar,kurban etcekler vs.. derken bi kovalamaca bi?iler derken ,en son yine cocugu kurtar?o vs ama pes etmiolar dü?manlar,son sahnede bi otobuse binecekler bunlar gitikleri yerde,konsoloslugun ayarlad?g? ucakla gitmeyecekler,cünkü cocuk o arabnaya binmeyelim dior monicaya,yane havaalan?na götürecek olan konsoloslugun ayarlad?g? arabaya..derken cocguun cümleleri ile bitior film,kötü ?eyler hissediorum ama anneme sölemedim dior,ama pe?imizde olacaklar dior vs vs vs.. frans?z yap?m? film,grange in roman?ndan uyarlama zaten... kadro iyi say?l?r tan?d?k isimler war...4 y?ld?z alam?or ama... Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member 2/10: Boring, but Monica shined in her role that is unlike her. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member So, Monica Bellucci, for reasons known only to her, decides to glam it down, which I will be the first to ask why, adopt a cute eskimo child, get attacked by shape shifting people who might have ancient, eskimo magic powers, watches Catherine Deneuve turn into a bear before...of course...Catherine tried to start the apocalpyse by killing the afore mentioned adorable eskimo child, and finally for reasons again only known to Monica...Monica finally gets naked, which might I also say impressed, and has a naked Eskimo, which was mostly terrifying, shake a dead ferret over her which cures her cancer. I still love you Monica but this movie was retarded and even with all of the above stuff happening somehow boring as hell. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Si vous etes brutal et insensible, victime d'un complot qui vous depasse et que vos origines cachent un lourd secret, alors vous etes certainement un personnage de roman de Jean-Christophe Grange. Cette adaptation de son troisieme roman, en depit de son casting assez luxueux, souffre des memes faiblesses que "Les Rivieres pourpres", faiblesses qui concernent d'ailleurs moins les films en tant que tels que les romans eux-memes. Le gros probleme de JC Grange reside dans sa remarquable capacite a elaborer une atmosphere du tonnerre, en accumulant les crimes sanglants, les elements fantastiques et les pistes qui ne menent nulle part. Et une fois le lecteur happe par le recit, l'auteur se prend les pieds dans le tapis et torche vite fait une conclusion indigne des potentialites et des pistes qu'il avait mis en avant. Sans avancer que le livre souffre des memes tares - l'ai pas lu et parait que je ne loupe rien - le film, en tout cas, reproduit sans complexe le meme schema. Tant qu'il se contente de mettre l'intrigue en place, "Le concile de pierre" pourrait figurer dans le haut du panier des thrillers francais grand-public. Mais une fois la conspiration mise a jour, il retombe dans le domaine du film d'action sans reel panache, tout juste rehausse par la majeste des paysages de Mongolie. Le concept de base n'etait pas mauvais mais l'inegalite qualitative flagrante de ses deux tendances dominantes font que "Le concile de pierre" releve finalement du domaine de l'anecdotique (meme s'il ne s'agit pas non plus du desastre dont on avait parle a l'epoque). Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member interessant de voir monica dans un role qui change mais film assez terne Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Strange events plague a Parisian interpreter (Monica Bellucci) when she adopts an Asian boy (Nicolas Thau) in Russia.
Director
Guillaume Nicloux
Producer
Yves Marmion, Amgalanbayar Batbayar, Olivier Thaon
Screenwriter
Guillaume Nicloux, Stéphane Cabel
Production Co
RAI Cinema
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Original Language
Canadian French
Runtime
1h 40m