Essene

The film offers a detailed look at daily life in a small Benedictine community. The camera observes the monks at prayer, in communal gatherings that sometimes resemble group therapy, and in conversation as they reflect on their personal experiences. These scenes bring into focus the tension between individual needs and the demands of communal life. The monastery’s rules raise questions about freedom, faith and hope. Beneath the quiet routine, human tensions gradually emerge: loneliness, the desire to be accepted, irritation and the difficulty of living together

Fredericks Wiseman – One of the most important and influential documentary filmmakers,he has made more than 45 films about institutions, districts, and small towns. The principles of his filmmaking: no filmed interviews, no explanatory commentary, no additional music, and a montage that does not structure what is shown on the basis of an otherwise common chronological narration, but orders individual sequences according to rhetorical arguments.