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Enlightenment Guaranteed
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Enlightenment Guaranteed

2000-01-20 · 109 min · ★ 6.9

Comedy · Drama

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.

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Directors
Doris Dörrie
Production companies
Megaherz
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

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Uwe OchsenknechtUwe OchsenknechtUwe
Gustav Peter WöhlerGustav Peter WöhlerGustav
Petra ZieserPetra ZieserPetra
Ulrike KrienerUlrike KrienerUlrike
Heiner LauterbachHeiner LauterbachHeiner
Wilson Gonzalez OchsenknechtWilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht
Jimi Blue OchsenknechtJimi Blue Ochsenknecht

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