The Name of the Rose

06/24/2026

The Name of the Rose

■ Basic Data

Item	Content
Year	1986
Country	France / Italy / West Germany
Director	Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast	Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Lonsdale
Genre	Mystery film

■ Title Language Table

Language	Text	Romanization
English	The Name of the Rose	–
Español	El nombre de la rosa	El nombre de la rosa
Français	Le Nom de la rose	Le Nom de la rose
Deutsch	Der Name der Rose	Der Name der Rose
Português	O Nome da Rosa	O Nome da Rosa
Italiano	Il nome della rosa	Il nome della rosa
Русский	Имя розы	Imya rozy
中文（简体）	玫瑰之名	–
中文（繁體）	玫瑰的名字	–
한국어	장미의 이름	Jangmi-ui Ireum
ไทย	–	–
Tiếng Việt	Tên của đóa hồng	Ten cua doa hong
Bahasa Indonesia	The Name of the Rose	The Name of the Rose
日本語	薔薇の名前	Bara no Namae

■ One-Line Definition

👉 A work that depicts a structure in which reasoned inquiry and dogmatic suppression collide within a medieval monastery governed by knowledge, fear, and forbidden laughter

■ Synopsis

A Franciscan friar investigates a series of deaths in a medieval abbey where forbidden knowledge and religious authority are bound to secrecy.

■ RECIPE Tags

#ForbiddenKnowledge #ReasonAndDogma #ReligiousAuthority #TextAndPower #TruthSuppression

■ Primary Axis

Entry: Investigation inside sacred authority
　Reason: Rational inquiry enters a closed religious order where truth is controlled by hierarchy.
　Related Film: The Third Man
Middle: Knowledge as institutional danger
　Reason: A text becomes dangerous because it threatens the authority that monopolizes interpretation.
　Related Film: Fahrenheit 451
Core: Dogma against laughter and freedom
　Reason: The suppression of humor reveals a deeper fear of human freedom, doubt, and interpretive plurality.
　Related Film: Agora

■ Secondary Axes

Library as power structure: Knowledge is organized as access, prohibition, and domination.
　Related Film: The Da Vinci Code
Heresy and judicial violence: Religious certainty transforms inquiry into accusation and punishment.
　Related Film: The Crucible