A Meditation On Life. A Contemplation Of Time. Silence Repetition Rhythm The Grande Chartreuse the mother house of the legendary Carthusian Order is based in the French Alps. Into Great Silence is the first film about life inside the Grande Chartreuse. Silence. Repitition. Rhythm. The film is an austere next to silent meditation on monastic life in a very pure form. No music except the chants in the monastery no interviews no commentaries no extra material. Changing of time seasons and the ever repeated elements of the day of the prayer. A film to become... a monastery rather than depict one. A film about awareness absolute presence and the life of men who devote their lives to God. [show more]
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Award-winning German documentary cataloguing the lives of the inhabitants of a remote monastery. The film, which offers an intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the ascetic Grande Chartreuse, high in a remote corner of the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains), was made some 17 years after the director initially requested permission. He lived at the monastery for six months, and filmed alone behind the walls that no 'outsider' had ever been allowed to enter before. The film presents snapshots of random moments including monks frolicking in the snow, preparing a vegetable garden for spring seeding, and a summer Sunday outing during which monks are free to socialise.
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