Vaya Con Dios

dExcommunicated from the Catholic Church, only 2 monasteries of the Cantorian order remain in these days. They need no church, but only music, which should make them find the holy God through the wonderful sounds, which however is against the Catholic doctrines. As time goes by, the monastery must close down, because of a lack of funding. So, the monks embark on a journey to find a new place for continuing their life and the legacy of the Cantorian order.
dBenno, Tassilo and Arbo, the last 3 monks in the monastery, leave their lovely homeplace, and the long journey to italy, where their mother-monastery is located, begins. Like a scholar, Benno's full concern is about ancient literature. Tassilo, who is from a farmer's family, loves to eat and to make food. And Arbo, who is the youngest monk among them, was raised in the monastery since he was 2 years old, never even having the chance to accumulate any knowledge about the outer world.
dThe journey leads them to their past life, where they have escaped from, before they turned monks. And this awakens some desires for their past lives, or the alternative lives they could have had. These challenges are presented to them as temptations, and each of them has to overcome it.
dA movie about religion might be boring, but this movie made the theme easy to understand. One attractive point is the vocal harmony of the 3 monks, which will purify our minds when listening. It is also funny to watch, whether they can reach italy, or not, to the end.

by neri