Zen for Nothing

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Movie
Original title Zen For Nothing
Country of production Switzerland ,
Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2016
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Werner Penzel
script Werner Penzel ,
Sabine Timoteo
production Peter Guyer ,
Madeleine Corbat ,
Werner Penzel
music Fred Frith
camera Werner Penzel
cut Ayako Mogi
occupation

Zen for Nothing is a Swiss-German documentary by Werner Penzel from the year 2016. The director accompanied in a Swiss actress in her time out in a Japanese Zen - monastery . The film premiered at the 51st Solothurn Film Festival and won the Bern Film Prize in the documentary film category after being nominated for a Viktor at the 31st Munich International Documentary Film Festival. From June 2, 2016, it was shown in German and Swiss cinemas.

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The Zen monastery Antai-ji is located in the forested mountains on the west coast of Japan in the prefecture of Hyogo . A young woman set out in autumn 2014 to experience monastic life until spring. The visitor is the actress Sabine Timoteo from Bern. The abbot of the monastery is Muhō Nölke , a Berlin convert . The plot of this documentary emerges from the interplay of the philosophy of the Japanese Zen master Kodo Sawaki and the unexpected events of everyday life.

Reviews

“The fog creeps, rain patters, snow falls: Little happens in this documentary, but in a concentrated form. The camera captures images of hypnotic beauty, even if it's just a steaming cup in which the green tea is slowly settling like a disturbing thought. "

“Zen for Nothing” is most impressive when the moving images almost come to a standstill. And you realize that the cinema experience is not so much different than sitting still for two hours in a Zen monastery. "

“You all want to find yourself here. But in community, that's the next paradox of the film. On the one hand, in Penzel's point of view, the apparent advantages of a way of life striving for inner balance are touted. On the other hand, in the next moment, those apparent advantages - emphasized on the narrative side and not devoid of humor in the best scenes - are put up for disposition without judgment.

“Everything appealing and great, if it weren't for this trick: The film follows a novice who joins the monastery community from outside, more precisely from Switzerland. Sabine Timoteo is the character who gives the viewer access and holds the plot together. She is a dancer and actress. As natural and engaging as the Bernese woman is in Zen for Nothing, her appearance remains trapped in a role. Some might admire it for how authentic it comes across. It plays into the hearts of the audience and does everything spot-on. I think that is precisely what is wrong. Zen is raw, Zen goes all out. Two long-term residents tell of this dimension, each speaking their own long text into the camera. Thanks to these confessions, the weights are temporarily shifting away from the tidy atmosphere of a holiday camp. That’s strong fare in this richly visual, multi-layered film. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Zen for Nothing . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; May 2016; test number: 160 190 K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ a b Zen for Nothing. In: kino-zeit.de. Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
  3. ↑ SRF.ch http://www.srf.ch/kultur/film-serien/wer-sitzen-bleibt-kom-weiter-sabine-timoteo-auf-zen-suche#
  4. ↑ DerBund.ch http://www.derbund.ch/kultur/kino/Erleuchtung-keineswegs-garantiert/story/23200977#
  5. ↑ Spur.ch/ http://spuren.ch/content/magazin/single-ansicht-nachrichten/date////neuer-film-schnuppern-an-zen.html#