| The Venerable W. | |
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| French | Le vénérable W. |
| Directed by | Barbet Schroeder |
| Produced by | Margaret Menegoz |
| Music by | Jorge Arriagada |
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| Distributed by | Les Films du Losange |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Countries | France, Switzerland |
| Languages | Burmese, English, French, Spanish |
The Venerable W. (French: Le vénérable W.) is a 2016 documentary film by Swiss director Barbet Schroeder. It is his last film in his "Trilogy of Evil" which already consists of General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974) and Terror's Advocate (2007).[1] Schroeder explores the daily occurrences of racism and Islamophobia within Burmese society and how Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu inflames the hatred within Myanmar's Buddhist majority population towards its Muslim minority through his rhetoric, which has catalysed riots and religious tensions.[2]
The Venerable W. is 100 minutes in duration. The film premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival[3] was released in France in June 2017 and in Switzerland in November 2017.[1]
- ^ a b "The Venerable W. (2016)". uniFrance Films.
- ^ Weissberg, Jay (2017-05-20). "Cannes Film Review: 'The Venerable W.'". Variety. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
- ^ "'The Venerable W' ('Le Venerable W'): Film Review | Cannes 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 May 2017.