- Attila, a gipsy minority man spent altogether 6 years in prison after being sentenced by the court 18 times. By the time he was last released, he had decided to quit drugs and to stop his life of crimes. The former drug addict's thoughts are centered around one decision: to become a monk or to live in a relationship. In order to find an answer, he has to come to terms with the demons of his past. Throughout his journey, he also returns to prison.
- Attila, a gypsy minority man spent altogether 6 years in prison after being sentenced by the court 18 times. By the time he was last released, he had decided to quit drugs and to stop his life of crimes. The former drug addict's thoughts are centered around one decision: to become a monk or to live in a relationship. In order to find an answer, he has to come to terms with the demons of his past. Throughout his journey, he also returns to prison.
By the time he was last released, he had decided to quit drugs and to stop his life of crimes. Now, the most important question in his life is whether to join an order to become a monk or to found a family. Meanwhile, he is learning the trade of carpentry and is faced with the sorrows of everyday life. Will he slip back? In his free time, he talks to young people at risk and to people in prisons about the fact that it is possible to start a new life. He firmly believes that his life can come to fruition if only he does everything in his powers to achieve that. His so far successful restart comes to life in a film purely constructed of situations, his straightforward, passionate character soon washes away any prejudice in the audience. The focus of the direct cinema documentary shot throughout two years is on the inner growth of the young man. His emergence from the whirlpool of addiction and crime is a reinforcing example to many. His commitment however, is not the only key to his success: the monks and his civilian friends were open to become the instruments of the unfoldment of Good. The parents of Attila, eldest of five children, became captives of drugs and by the time he reached his teenage years, the family slid into evil ways. Attila, currently in his thirties, was sentenced for fraud, robbery and for drug abuse. The otherwise talented boy tried to climb out of the swamp of sin on several occasions, however, even after having graduated high school as an adult ex-convict with excellent marks, following a break-up, he relapsed and started using drugs again. The last time, he was taken to prison from a Budapest underground station as a homeless person. After two years, he left prison as a converted Christian. He asked for the help of Benedictine monks, so he ended up in the Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma, where he started working and studying, while also paying visits to the Abbey, to become acquainted with the life of a monk.
However, aside the lauds and retreats, shadows of his past threaten with destroying his newly built life. He believes that his life can bear more and more fruits, if he does everything in his powers. The life story of Attila deals with existential matters: he has definitely set off towards a new direction deemed to be good for him, however, the future still bears many uncertainties. His life is an example of us all being invariably dependent on each other. Without sticking together and without mutual trust, there can be no restart.
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