Archive: Year 2008
Special Presentation
The Monastery
Director
Pernille Rose Grønkjær
Producer
Sigrid Helene Dyekj
Cinematographer
Pernille Rose Grønkjær
Editor
Pernille Bech Christensen
Contact
Danish Film Institute
TJU-Bang Film, Copenhagen, Denmark.
www.tjubangfilm.dk
France, Denmark
84 min
Color
This is a story about the 82-year-old bachelor Mr. Vig, who has never known love, and Sister Amvrosija, a young Russian nun, who by chance, or destiny, becomes part of his life. 50 years ago Jørgen Lauersen Vig bought Hesbjerg Castle, situated in the Danish country side, with the purpose of turning it into a monastery. Now, many years later, he is about to realize his dream. A group of Russian Orthodox nuns are on their way, and thus Mr. Vigs life-long dream is about to come true. But, nuns have plans and wills of their own, and Mr. Vig must realize that the road to fulfilling his dream is very different than what he imagined.
Pernille Rose Grønkjær, born 1973, Denmark. Graduated from the National Danish Film School of Denmark 1997. Director of various documentary films and tv e.g. “Min morfar forfra” “Repeating Grandpa” (2001), selected for Input 2002 at Rotterdam. “The Monastery” (2006), selected for the Joris Ivens competition, IDFA 2006.
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