The Monk

dir. Mira Jargil, Christian Sønderby Jepsen/Denmark/2023/88 min.

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Światowid, sala Duża

2024-05-19

11:30

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In 2015, Mira Jargil and her husband decide to leave their stressful life. They travel deep within the mountains of Sri Lanka to stay with a monk. Mira and the monk agree to make a film, but everything changes when the monk wants to take control of the film, and the project collapses. 6 years later, the monk commits suicide. The son decides to resume the film project in his search for answers.

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projection time:

88 min.
country/year:

Denmark /2023
director:

Mira Jargil, Christian Sønderby Jepsen
pictures:

Christian Sønderby Jepsen, Jan Erik Hansen
editor:

Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen
production:

Christian Sønderby Jepsen / Moving Documentary
festivals and awards:

2024 – One World FF Prague

sections:

On a Path to Happiness
competitions:

Warsaw Documentary Award “Newsweek Psychologia” Award for the Best Film on Psychology
tags:

Far East psychology relations family