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The Monastery - Mr. Vig & the Nun

The Monastery - Mr. Vig and the Nun
Pernille Rose Grønkjær
Denmark
2006
84 min
International Premiere
Festival history
IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary

This is the story about the well educated 86 year old bachelor, Mr. Vig, who is facing the realization of his lifelong dream: To create a monastery in the castle he bought 50 years ago for exactly this purpose. A group of Russian Orthodox nuns, lead by the strong-willed Sister Ambrosija, are finally on their way and the vision is within reach. But nuns have plans and all of a sudden Mr. Vig is to make room for others in his vision. Suddenly the dream's reality is not at all what he imagined.

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    DR Dokumentar,
    YLE
    DR Dokumentar,
    YLE
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    First Hand Films
    First Hand Films
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    Danish Film Institute
    Danish Film Institute