Enlightenment Guaranteed(2000)
Two Strangers in a Strange Land.
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.
Movie: Enlightenment Guaranteed
Top 7 Billed Cast
Uwe
Gustav
Petra
Ulrike
Heiner
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