Monks on the loose

This morning our Konversationsgruppe, meeting at the Martin Luther church in Ottawa in the basement room normally used by the Frohe Runde (the church's Seniorenclub), watched Vaya con dios (in German, not Spanish), a film about three friars from a remote, exclusive monastery who find themselves suddenly and unexpectedly forced into the World Outside. It's a comedy on the theme of temptation. In the fictional order to which the monks belong, they worship through music, so plenty of Gregorian chant and the like came into the film, very satisfying to listen to. The action was satisfying to watch as well, as in this scene, in a cathedral.

Chris thinks I should have been at the House of Commons instead, witnessing the CEO of Nortel who'd been subpoena'd to appear before the Finance Committee, but I felt that an hour or so spent staring at Mr. Brühl rather than Mr. Zafirovski might be the better option.