"The Search for the Meaning" is a collective experience, carried out with the audiovisual contribution of countless people who record their testimonies and spiritual experiences in 19 countries, to show a new spirituality that is being born...
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India: Kingdom of the Tiger (2002)
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The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City (1998)
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Finger of God 2 (2018)
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