Rest in the time
Director Eberhard Görner
Countries Germany
Duration 88 min
Synopsis
The bavarian monastary Waldsassen, close Czechia. Till 1989 at the edge of the iron curtain, now centre of Europe. In quiet takes the film follows the Cistercian nuns in her monastic life, between prayer and work, community and loneliness. Without comment, only in observations and interviews. Twelve women between 22 and 97 years. To their faith, her motivations, her doubts. Accompanied by the dance of seasons, the rhythm of the prayers, death and ceremony. At the end remains above all one: The offer of an alternative. A cinematic as well as quite concrete alternative to the speed of our present.
The bavarian monastary Waldsassen, close Czechia. Till 1989 at the edge of the iron curtain, now centre of Europe. In quiet takes the film follows the Cistercian nuns in her monastic life, between prayer and work, community and loneliness. Without comment, only in observations and interviews. Twelve women between 22 and 97 years. To their faith, her motivations, her doubts. Accompanied by the dance of seasons, the rhythm of the prayers, death and ceremony. At the end remains above all one: The offer of an alternative. A cinematic as well as quite concrete alternative to the speed of our present.