The Monastery - Mr. Vig and the Nun details
| Format: | Ex DVD |
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| Director: | Pernille Rose Gronkjaer |
| Genres: | Documentary - General, World Cinema - Danish |
| Studio: | LACE GROUP / ARTEFACT MEDIA |
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The Monastery - Mr. Vig and the Nun |
Ex Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 24 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 18 Aug 2008 |
| Main languages: | Danish, English, Russian |
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A battle of wills
By a customer from London , 07 Feb 2009[Highly rated reviewer]
At surface level, a tranquil film - opening with Mr.Vig, an elderly Danish embittered eccentric, bequeathing his castle to the Moscow Patriarche in order for them to send Russian nuns, monks and a priest to transform it into a monastery. On arrival, Patriarche representative Nun Amyrojsa senses the castle has been woefully neglected and Mr.Vig's main motivation, far from being altruistic, is to provide the castle for free rent as long as the monks and nuns work on the castle unpaid and the Patriarche pay for repairs.
We see the battle of wills between the forthright Vig and the diligent, firm Amyrojsa, who admirably stands her ground in an uneven board discussion with herself on one side and Vig and three friends on the other who try to dictate to her the terms of repair to the castle and the temporary nature of the lease.
Vig also reveals his father to be the only person he ever had an emotional attachment towards, and he declares his odd views on the Russian population and his admitted 'major complex' regarding all human noses.
Johan Soderqvist's score sets the perfect understated tone for a film that is gently absorbing, augmented by some breathtaking landscape sequences.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(2)Documentary not fiction - don't make my mistake!
By ManchesterMike (22 reviews) , 31 Dec 2011A mildly interesting documentary of an aged ex-priest, Mr Vig, who for no apparent reason wants to establish a Russian Orthodox monastery in his Danish 'castle'. When ordered, I mis-stook this for fiction but nevertheless enjoyed the intellectual clashes between Mr Vig and the Russian nun, who was a determined and sensible character, despite the film-makers prejudice that nuns were quiet and obedient. Mr Vig had more idea of human nature, pointing out that even Nuns need leaders!- Was this review helpful to you?
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A battle of wills
By a customer from London , 07 Feb 2009At surface level, a tranquil film - opening with Mr.Vig, an elderly Danish embittered eccentric, bequeathing his castle to the Moscow Patriarche in order for them to send Russian nuns, monks and a priest to transform it into a monastery. On arrival, Patriarche representative Nun Amyrojsa senses the castle has been woefully neglected and Mr.Vig's main motivation, far from being altruistic, is to provide the castle for free rent as long as the monks and nuns work on the castle unpaid and the Patriarche pay for repairs.
We see the battle of wills between the forthright Vig and the diligent, firm Amyrojsa, who admirably stands her ground in an uneven board discussion with herself on one side and Vig and three friends on the other who try to dictate to her the terms of repair to the castle and the temporary nature of the lease.
Vig also reveals his father to be the only person he ever had an emotional attachment towards, and he declares his odd views on the Russian population and his admitted 'major complex' regarding all human noses.
Johan Soderqvist's score sets the perfect understated tone for a film that is gently absorbing, augmented by some breathtaking landscape sequences.- Was this review helpful to you?
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