The Island of the Monks


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The Island of the Monks / De terugkeer van de monniken op Schiermonnikoog / Munkaeyjan

Section: Documentaries
Director: Anne Christine Girardot
Netherlands, 2016

The monastery of Sion, in the Netherlands, has room for 120 monks. But in 2013 there were only eight monks left. It became apparent that perhaps one of them would be the last monk of Sion. But, they decided not to wait for that moment. They started to think of moving but moving isn’t that easy.