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Summary
Two middle aged German brothers - one New Age and recently divorced, the other uptight and sceptical - travel to a Zen monastery in Japan in search of enlightenment, or perhaps just in search of themselves.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+18)
Critics 65Audiences 83GoodWatch 62
Metascore68
Tomatometer62%
Audience score94%
IMDb7.2
Running time
1 h 49 min
A typical length for comedies, +9 min on the typical 100
typical 100109Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 4 countries
Released
2000
January 20, 2000
26 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishJapaneseMade in
Germany
Directing · 1
- Doris Dörrie Director
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