Three strangers, one spiritual void, zero easy answers — this one's gonna hurt in the best way.
A quietly meditative drama as hermetic and allusive as a minimalist short story. Spiritual discontent of three leads is compellingly rendered, but characters are too opaque for pic to strike dramatic sparks.
Acting
Bluteau's monk eyes contain multitudes.
Direction
Schlaht frames isolation like a prayer.
Director
Robin Schlaht
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Schlaht shot in Saskatchewan using actual Benedictine locations; the monks' daily rhythms became the film's temporal heartbeat.
The graphology subplot mirrors the film's own hermeneutics — we read characters who resist being read.
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