In the film, the director used Christine's role to proclaim the supremacy of religion and eulogize the nobility of monks' dedication to religion. In order to achieve this goal, the director pointed the camera at each monk, and through various renderings to show how each person's heart goes from weak to strong, from timid to brave. Close-up shots have become the most common method used by directors. In the climax of the movie, the "Holy Banquet", the director’s close-up shots of each monk’s face are clearly a model of Danish director Dreyer’s in the "Private Feast". The technique of "Virtue" seeks to sublimate the dedication of the monks to the status of "Jan of Arc" saints. Only in the process of rendering the monks' dedication, director Xavier obviously hopes to be able to perform as much as possible, so he will not miss any place that shows how noble monks are. However, this rendering is obviously a little artificial in the last scene. It is the monks chanting chants together to fight against the noise of army helicopters. The editing of this scene was very sudden, and it must be said that it was a small flaw in the movie.
In "Des hommes et des dieux", in addition to establishing a noble religious belief, the director also gave his own answer to the death of the monks by calmly narrating. When describing terrorists, there are both brutal and slaughter shots of innocents, as well as showing equal respect for Christianity
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