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Essene (1972)
86 minDocumentary
TMDb7.3/106 votes
Essene is about daily life in a Benedictine monastery and the resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational priorities of the community. In the Order, where the focus of life is the relationship of individual work and worship to the community as a whole, the brethren must cope with the same issues that arise in any community: rules, work, worship, values, love, and play.
Country: United States
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Keywords
Plot:monkreligionobservational cinemareligious communityholy ordersspiritual communitybenedictine monkobservational documentarydaily routinelaw and orderdaily lifedaily challenge
Place:monastery
