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(43) 6.8 100 min 2016 Subtitles and Closed Captions

Zen for Nothing is a movie starring Sabine Timoteo and Muho Nölke. ZEN FOR NOTHING tells of the experiences of Sabine Timoteo from Switzerland, as a "Zen novice" in Antaiji in Autumn, Winter and Spring.

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Documentary
Director
Werner Penzel
Starring
Sabine Timoteo, Muho Nölke

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Genres Documentary
Director Werner Penzel
Writer Werner Penzel, Sabine Timoteo, Ayako Mogi
Stars Sabine Timoteo, Muho Nölke
Country Japan, Germany, Switzerland
Also Known As ZEN FOR NOTHING 何でもない禅
Runtime 1 h 40 min
Audio Português  English  Deutsch  Italiano  Español  Français  Gaeilge  Svenska  Nederlands
Subtitles Português  日本語  Čeština  Australia  한국어  Filipino  Tiếng Việt  हिन्दी 
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Description ZEN FOR NOTHING tells of the experiences of Sabine Timoteo from Switzerland, as a "Zen novice" in Antaiji in Autumn, Winter and Spring.

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22 customer reviews about «Zen for Nothing»

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Brandon B.
Wednesday, 08 Apr 2020 11:58

This movie will probably not be watched by most of the viewers. However, it is a great documentary about human behavior and can be highly recommended. I was very impressed with the life of a man who is living in a world that he knows nothing about. The whole movie is filled with wonderful insights, and it will not be boring. A must see for anyone who wants to understand the human nature.
Joseph C.
Tuesday, 07 Apr 2020 07:43

This is a film that is definitely not for the squeamish. But it is definitely worth a look. It is made by a very well-known film maker who has to be seen to be believed. It was so difficult for me to watch this movie because it did not focus on me. It is a must see for anyone with a morbid curiosity or for those that just want to know what the hell is going on. It is fascinating to see how the disease affects those who are affected, those who have not experienced it. It is also fascinating to see the struggle that many people go through to keep the illness from affecting them. It is also fascinating to see the people that are close to those who are affected. It is very touching and very well made. I will give the film an 8 out of 10, because the film makers did a great job of capturing the people in the situation and showing the struggles they face.
Sean
Tuesday, 07 Apr 2020 04:25

This film is a must see for anyone who is a parent of a young child. The images of a child who is left alone for hours by her parents are heartbreaking. How could you not feel a child's pain? We are so used to the routines of the day that we would have forgotten how much it hurts to watch this film. How much love and care goes into raising a child. The performances are amazing, especially the mother. There are many scenes that are painful to watch. The film is moving and must be watched by anyone who is a parent.
Bruce W.
Sunday, 05 Apr 2020 22:15

If you are a fan of Dr. Seuss, you will love this documentary. I love it. It is the best thing I have seen in a long time. If you like movies like "Alice in Wonderland" and "Wizard of Oz" and also "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" then this is the perfect film for you. The way this movie is shot is amazing. It's full of amazing detail. They used a lot of real animals to portray the animals in the books. They even include their names. You can tell that it was real. And the beautiful music. The music in this movie is just the best. It's the kind of music you would expect to hear on a song by Michael Jackson or Beyonce. It's full of awesome songs and one liners. The way the story is told is great. You will understand everything about the book and you can't help but be interested in the story. It is a must see for every Dr. Seuss fan. 8 out of 10 stars. If you like movies like "Wizard of Oz" and "Alice in Wonderland" then this is the perfect film for you. But if you don't like Dr. Seuss then you will be disappointed. This is the best movie I have ever seen. Don't miss it.
Kyle A.
Sunday, 05 Apr 2020 06:17

Haven't really heard about this film since it was released a couple of years ago but I'm looking forward to seeing it again now that it's released again. This film is an eye opener for many and a real eye opener for others. This film gives a great insight into how the addiction of gambling is and the plight of the addicts that have nothing else to do but gamble and gamble and gamble. The cinematography is absolutely beautiful and the acting is fantastic. I'm going to be keeping a very close eye on the director as this film is showing his amazing talent. The film is very insightful into the life of the addict and the addiction itself. The director keeps you in the dark from the start until the end. The director does a great job at hiding the most important aspects of this film from the audience. He keeps it simple and easy to understand and he leaves the viewer in a state of confusion. There are scenes that are so disturbing that it will leave you stunned and terrified. The director does a great job at telling the story and the camera angles help to hide the details. If you don't get this film you are stupid. If you get this film you are a genius.
Cynthia Washington
Saturday, 04 Apr 2020 07:40

I really enjoyed this movie. I have been a fan of the director and her work for some time. The documentary is excellent. I was not familiar with the woman before, but her story was inspiring and gives me hope for humanity. I hope this film will spread to more people. It is a great feeling when you see someone you have loved die, and knowing that someone you care about is suffering in a similar situation makes you feel even more for them. I have a lot of compassion for all of these people, and this film gives me hope.
Pamela Riley
Thursday, 02 Apr 2020 23:36

If you know a little bit about the history of the movie industry you will enjoy this film. Lots of technical information, and a good look at the film industry. I was especially struck by how much of the background information was based on interviews with the principals. I was especially impressed with the interviews with Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg. I am very interested in seeing more of the interviews with people like Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Mel Brooks, and others. What I didn't like about this film is that it seemed like it was a documentary about the history of the movie industry rather than a movie. One of the interviews I found most interesting was with Mimi Leder, who was the producer of The Goonies, which is a classic film. I was interested to hear how she got started in the business, and how she developed her relationships with the actors and the director. It seemed to me that this was a great insight into how the film industry worked, and that it was nice to see the other side of the industry. The more I learn about the movie industry, the more interested I am in watching movies. I recommend this film to anyone who enjoys history and the film industry.
Gerald J.
Thursday, 02 Apr 2020 20:47

A very informative film, and worth watching. It's not a very gripping movie, but it does make you think about your own relationships. It's quite interesting to watch the video of the first show, as well as the interview with the guy who did it. It's about a year after the first show. It's quite interesting to see how the guys are still following the rules of the other guy. One of the guys, though, gets the message that it's time to move on. This is something that I don't really think is mentioned in the movie. It's a good film, but it's not very gripping. If you're interested in music, or have a musical background, you should definitely check this out.
Rachel
Thursday, 02 Apr 2020 05:41

This is the first English language film I've ever seen, but I can say that it is the best film I've ever seen, and it is absolutely perfect. The film is absolutely brilliant. You just have to watch it and you will understand it. I saw the film in French with my wife, and it was very easy to follow. The story is about a family and a young man who is learning how to become a priest in a church in Paris. The story is excellent, it is simply fantastic. You can relate to it, and I really think that this is one of the best stories I've ever seen. I don't want to tell too much about the story, because it is really not that important. You can just watch it and watch it again. It is a wonderful film, it is so very wonderful. The cinematography is really fantastic. It is so beautiful. The story is really well written and the acting is great. The director and the editor are really great. They are simply amazing. It is a great film. I really recommend this film, you just have to watch it. It's really good, and it is really good. I think that this is one of the best films I've ever seen, and I really recommend it. It's really good.
Ryan
Wednesday, 01 Apr 2020 22:10

I never thought I'd be seeing a documentary on the life of a Holocaust survivor but it's good to know that there are survivors who are willing to share their stories. I'll be looking out for more from these individuals and hope they're able to put on a good show for all to see.
Brenda Holmes
Wednesday, 01 Apr 2020 16:01

It's a sad commentary on our society when you watch this documentary and learn that in every situation, the same things, the same obstacles, the same things that bring us to the limit of despair, in our present time, what can we do? We may try to use every means, to convince ourselves that we are not capable, and that the only way is to give up. In the end, we think that it is useless to try, to overcome our fears, and to search for some hope in a meaningless world. In the end, we discover that the only way we can achieve our goals is to keep going, and to keep moving. There is no stopping, there is no way out. We are nothing but bodies in a body-like environment, like a planet, with limited resources and limited time, that we are just a lifeless lump of matter, as the title implies. It is our destiny, our destiny to be lost, to be conquered. It is our destiny to be "nothing". And when we are nothing, we are nothing.
Adam Hart
Monday, 30 Mar 2020 15:59

I had the pleasure of seeing this film at the Sundance Film Festival. The filmmakers were kind enough to give me a advance screening of the film in the Music City theater. I was blown away by this film. It is a powerful, and haunting, film. This film, in many ways, represents the worst of what life is like in Iraq. The film does a good job of showing the devastation caused by the war on Iraq. The director chose to not go into the background of what the government of Iraq is doing in Iraq. Instead, he went into the everyday life of people, and how they are living and dying. The filmmakers succeeded in showing how the people of Iraq are being affected by the war on Iraq. The film showed the destruction of homes, factories, and businesses. The movie could have also been a mini-documentary on the toll of the war on Iraqis. But instead, the filmmakers were able to show the everyday life of Iraqis, and how they are living and dying. Many Iraqis have told me how much they love their country, and they still love their country. They are not going to let a war destroy them. The filmmakers did a great job of showing the destruction of Iraq, and how the war has affected their lives. Many Iraqis have told me that this film touched them deeply. But as I watched the film, I could also see how the filmmakers were able to tell the story in a very realistic and realistic way. The filmmakers did a great job at showing the suffering of Iraqis. They were able to show the tragedy of Iraq. The movie was great. It was a great documentary, and I look forward to seeing more from the filmmakers.
Bruce W.
Monday, 30 Mar 2020 02:19

I was disappointed in the outcome of the documentary. It should have been a great epic, but instead, it was a story of a woman who has lost everything, and is trying to make it work. It is a very long story. She spends her time writing a book, and she finds that her husband, a highly educated man, is also writing a book. The man gets cancer, and has to leave the country. She tries to get him to come back, but he won't. I don't think she should have been penalized. Her book is a very good book, and the husband has been a very talented person. It is a story of people in the U.S. struggling with problems. It is sad to see the pointlessness of the lives these people lead, and I think the end of the documentary was a little too fast. I think that is one of the things that makes it a little too long. I didn't think that she should have been punished, and I think it was a little too fast for a documentary.
Aaron Hoffman
Sunday, 29 Mar 2020 00:53

I am not a big fan of Bill Gates. He seems to be doing okay lately but in my opinion I think he should not be the richest person in the world. He seems to be an extremely selfish person and is very arrogant. I also believe he is a very greedy person. I have seen Bill Gates look at this documentary and smile and say "yeah right, yeah right, yeah right". I have not seen the documentary about Steve Jobs. I believe this is the best documentary about Jobs because he is an incredibly powerful person. When I first saw this documentary I did not understand it and it was just an unbelievable story. I have to admit that I am very excited about Steve Jobs and I have read the book "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson. I know that this documentary is not that great. It is very slow and you can really tell that this is not a documentary about Jobs. This is a documentary about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. I am going to watch this documentary again in a few days and see if I still believe it is great. It was very powerful. I hope that this documentary is better than the documentary about Jobs because I think that Jobs was more of a person and not a "magician" but this documentary does not compare with Jobs.
Bryan Soto
Saturday, 28 Mar 2020 15:56

Fascinating documentary, made during a couple of days in late 2005, about a homeless camp in Montreal, where people often use that particular word to describe the people living there. It's like the movie from which the title is taken. I must admit that it is an unusual project for me. Not only is it not a big movie, but it doesn't have any huge stars. I don't know why, but I enjoy the little things in my life that are not always so big. Also I like it when people do something that really makes me think. I must say that I would recommend it to all people. A big thank you to the director and producer for such a great effort, for me it was one of the most exciting moments of my life.
Kevin S.
Friday, 27 Mar 2020 08:23

Every once in a while, a documentary comes along that gives you an insight into a person or a place you never knew. In a world where information is so instantaneous, the life of a person who is ignorant to the world around them, or a place or person you didn't know, can be a powerful documentary. This documentary is a perfect example of this. It details the personal struggles and struggles of an ordinary man, who believes that God is on his side. He lives on his own, in his own home, and his own car. He carries his own firearms and, like the film, never takes any responsibility for the world around him. The reason he believes this is that he lives his life by the simple but true law of God, not his own. This film is very well done. It's funny, it's touching, it's uplifting, and it makes you feel good. I'm not religious, and, in the process of watching this film, I became a believer. I believe in God, and, I hope to God that I can, too. I'm also very thankful for this film, because it is a testament to how thankful we should be to live our lives on this planet. You never know what you'll find when you search for that which makes life worth living.
Jack
Thursday, 26 Mar 2020 23:27

This movie has been one of the most influential films of the new millennium. It has influenced a lot of other films, and even the popular rock music. It is a kind of an anti-Christian movie, where a person who had a bad life and wanted to get back to God, but the society turned him down, he had to leave his faith, and became a believer, and therefore he had to change his religion. It is a very sad movie, but it shows a good point: you can't have a good life if you have no religion, and you can't go back to God if you don't believe in it. If you believe in something, you should believe in it, and if you don't, you shouldn't. If you are going to Hell, you will be there no matter what, and if you don't believe in Hell, you should stay away from it. This is something that I have heard about a lot of people, and I think that it is a good idea to have this movie out there, because the people that are in it, are not as good as they could be, and they deserve to be here. But, at the same time, this is a bad thing. It shows that you can't be a Christian and a good person, and you shouldn't be a Christian. That is the opposite of what Christianity is. The people who are in this movie should be happy to be here. And they should believe in God, and they should believe in him. They should have a happy life, and they should be happy with their life. That is the message of this movie. And they deserve it.
Wayne M.
Thursday, 26 Mar 2020 02:14

I was surprised to see that there is no effort to interview the people involved in this event. However, I understand that there were some compromises made in order to get the footage and some participants were moved away from the cameras and the resulting footage is not very clear. But all I can say is that this documentary is very good and one can learn a lot from it.
John Obrien
Tuesday, 24 Mar 2020 23:24

This is a movie about a very unusual and important problem in world: how to deal with a crisis of an ecological dimension without the collapse of the economy and with the collapse of civilization. It is a question of whether the world would be better with an increasing ecological crisis or with a massive population explosion. It's a question that cannot be answered by a scientific method, but only by an intellectual effort, in the same way as the problem of population is not a scientific question, but a social problem, which requires a radical political solution. We can answer the problem by closing the borders of the European Union, we can call a moratorium on immigration, or by introducing immigration quotas. But the problem of ecological crisis can only be solved by an act of a radical change in the political and economic system, which is not possible because it's a fundamentally economic system. It is a question of a fundamental and profound change in the way we live, but the question of political change is something completely different. The film is shot in a way that can be considered as a documentary, but it's not, because it is a movie, and the director, Erno Rubik, is not in a position to explain things. He does not want to make a movie about an ecological crisis, but a movie about a new way of living, not about a change of any kind. We can not find answers to the problems, but we can find a different way of living, and we can find the way of living in the movie.
Christine
Tuesday, 24 Mar 2020 23:22

This is a very well done documentary that I thoroughly enjoyed watching. It starts off with the help of all of the guys that are involved in the Kabbalah, which is a form of magic used by some people to communicate with the afterlife. It's also a mystical world of belief and practice. It was interesting to see how some of these guys, all of whom are living in the US, do their kabbalah. The people that they have invited to come with them are totally surprised when they come to learn what they are doing. The video shows their journey through some of the rituals of Kabbalah, along with other things that are important to the group. They also meet some very interesting people, who have taken the same journey and have become very close friends with them. It's a nice touch that there is a huge cross section of the world, but also some that are quite isolated and many who are struggling with their beliefs and ways of living. They do a great job of showing people their beliefs and ways of living, and their use of Kabbalah as a means of communicating with the deceased. It is interesting to see how they all handle their kabbalah and all of their different ways of dealing with life. I really enjoyed this documentary, and if you are in a group that is a bit more of an open minded, you will also enjoy it. I highly recommend this one.
Larry Walters
Thursday, 19 Mar 2020 16:24

This film presents an interesting and honest look at the work of photographer Annie Leibovitz. It's an inspiring and extremely informative film. If you've ever been in love or been in love, or you have loved or been in love, or you have been in love or been in love, this film is for you. This film contains many beautiful shots, and a soundtrack that is a delight. However, I would advise people not to view the film in the same light as this film. I was in love and I can say this film was, but I can also say this film was beautiful in its own right, but I'm not sure that the film would appeal to people who don't know what love is. This film was not a typical film for me. It was refreshing, and yet also somewhat disturbing. It was a work of art, and yet it is a work of art in its own right. I have not yet seen the film for myself, and I can't say whether or not it will be a perfect film for me. But, I am interested in finding a copy of the film to see if it will be the one I want to see. I also would advise people not to view the film as a love story. It's not a love story, but it is an interesting film. I recommend this film to people who are interested in photography and/or love. I rate this film 8/10.
Thomas S.
Thursday, 19 Mar 2020 15:39

I just finished watching this film and was moved by the story and the way the crew were able to make it possible. The human and ecological cost of coal is never lessened by the efforts of these people. It is sad to see the part that the film does not focus on. You have to take it as it comes to you. So many of these people that we see on the screen have given so much to the country in terms of their families, their homes, their children, their spouses, their partners, their staff, and their communities. They all have contributed in ways that are so many times to our benefit. I was moved to tears by this movie, and would recommend it to any people who want to be reminded that the next generation may not have a voice, but has the power. This film was made, in part, to help us all understand the necessity of making the right decisions for our future. That may not be easy for some, but it is the only way to leave a better place for our children. This movie is a testament to the good that can be accomplished by individuals who believe in something larger than themselves. All I can say is to the filmmakers and the crew, thanks for making this film and for being so generous with your time.
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