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Monks Father Martin and Brother Thomas lead a devout life in the countryside – until an unexpected disruption threatens to unravel their peaceful monastic existence.

Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.

In a Buddhist temple, young monks begin their meditation when the master arrives. One of the children is distracted by a sparrow and follows the bird outside the monastery. Here begins a walk off the beaten paths that goes to the tour of his lifetime. When he has become an old monk, he returns back to the temple where young monks are waiting for him. One of them is distracted by a sparrow…

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The idea for the film was proposed to the monks in 1984, but the Carthusians said they wanted time to think about it. The Carthusians finally contacted Gröning 16 years later to say they were now willing to permit Gröning to shoot the movie, if he was still interested.

Movie inspired by life of saintly Elder Paisios (1924 1994) and other Orthodox monks. Severeal stories of young and old monk life. Sometimes funny, but all about true christian love.

To spread the ashes of their deceased brother, Matteo and Max reach a ravine inside a cave. Legend has it that whatever falls inside it is destined to fall forever.

The son of the King of Saxony is very interested in women, but his father wants a good match for him and therefore has all other loves killed. So also the parents' house of the beautiful Kunigunde is torched, but she can escape with the help of a squire, who can then temporarily bring her to safety in the care of the vegetarian bear Beppo. But when a weapons dealer tries out his new crossbow on Beppo of all people, Kunigunde has to seek new protection...

With a deadly curse set to claim him at 21, a young man flees to a master of ancient magic—only to face ghosts more dangerous than his fate.