Young priest turns forsaken farm into paradise homestead
We are allowed to sample the spiritual power of isolation that presumably goes with a monk’s seclusion. The title Aus-Höhlen is a pun on the German verb “to hollow out”—a hint that perhaps withdrawal from society is not the simple solution it seems. In the second film, reusing most of the same footage, Spierenburg introduces voice-overs in which... See more
Arenius
In the sun-scorched sands of the fifth century Egyptian desert, lived a man named Arenius. Determined to carve a path towards a holy life, he abandoned the bustling streets of Alexandria, its markets filled with trinkets and treasures, for the stark and solemn embrace of the desert. He traded the comfort of silken sheets for a rough straw
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