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- "Knowledge of God is life with God! But sometimes, there are days..." The "Bride of Christ" Sister Dorothea42 years old, he has lived for 7 years as the youngest monk with 20 Cistercian nuns in the contemplative order of the Oberschönenfeld Abbey near Augsburg. The daily practice of Benedict's strict rules (silence, praying, working,...) gives the cheerful woman stability and meaning in life on the one hand, but on the other hand also makes her doubt. Can God give so much security that one no longer has to be afraid? How do you remove stones from the way to God in a monastery? Stones that everyday life on earth in a large "women's community" puts in the way. Does the fun-loving sister Dorothea manage to leave everything behind, to build up the sought-after relationship with God, to really live it? The portrait of a woman who is on the difficult search for the meaning of life. Sister DOROTHEA takes us behind the walls of the monastery Oberschönenfeld, the oldest Cistercian abbey in Germany, which is situated at the bottom of the river near Gessertshausen. Here the sisters live together with God, in the community of the sisters, alone with themselves. A sister in the convent gives herself to God, she lives in celibate chastity, poverty and obedience. She follows the rules of Saint Benedict and leads a life of solitude and silence. She remains forever in the community and promises a daily return to God. In hidden work she does good, strives for perfection in following Jesus and wants to be completely there for God. The film accompanies Sr. Dorothea in her daily life in the monastery, may enter with her the area of the enclosure, this part of the monastery, which may only be entered by the sisters of the monastery. The area where the sisters should retreat, the place where they may be one with God, a world hidden by walls. Their faith and their desire to encounter God are reflected in their classification into a strict daily routine with fixed guidelines and strict rules, daily patterns of religious rites and communal processes. The film accompanies Sister Dorothea from sunrise to sunset as she performs her daily prayers and rings the hour bells. The camera takes her through the corridors of the monastery, from one guest room to the next, cleaning the rooms. Follow her, the mop and purple bucket through the never-ending corridors. We experience them as cosmopolitan, warm and cordial people, whose laughter echoes on the silent walls of the monastery, which also struggles with itself and life: Have I found the meaning of my life?