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Essene

Essene

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 13, 1972

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

72%

Original Title

Essene

Director

Frederick Wiseman

Description

Essene is about daily life in a Benedictine monastery and the resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational priorities of the community. In the Order, where the focus of life is the relationship of individual work and worship to the community as a whole, the brethren must cope with the same issues that arise in any community: rules, work, worship, values, love, and play.