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Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
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Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Original name: Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Hildegard von Bingen was truly a woman ahead of her time. A visionary in every sense of the word, this famed 12th-century Benedictine nun was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist and ecological activist.
Style: sincere, atmospheric, serious, captivating, emotional, contemplative, spiritual, crying, mystic, christian film
Plot: gender, nun, medieval, saint, healing power, composer, visionary, seer, monk, prophet, nobility, convent, catholic church, prodigy, monastery, human nature, biopic, introspection, clergy, idealism, hopes, against the rules, power relations, catholic, flash forward ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 12th century
Place: germany, rome italy, europe

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