Into Great Silence
Die große Stille
Switzerland, Germany
2005
169 Min
Color
1.85:1
Latin, French
Synopsis
A very strict, next to silent documentary meditation on monastic life at the Grande Chartreuse of the Carthusian monks. 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 on awareness, absolute presence, and the life of men who devoted their lifetimes to God in the purest of form.
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Philip Gröning
Philip Gröning was born in Duesseldorf in 1959 and was raised in Duesseldorf and the United States. He studied Medicine and Psychology before enrolling at the Munich Academy of Television & Film (HFF/M) in 1982. Groening developed a passion for screenwriting and began to work as an actor for Peter Keglevic and Nicolas Humbert. He also worked as a sound assistant, propmaster and assistant director. His film credits include award-winning and critically acclaimed films The Swimmer (1983), The Last Picture Taken (1983), Summer (1986, “Main Prize Bergamo” 1988), Stachoviak! (1988, Silver Hugo Chicago), The Terrorists! (1992, Bronze Leopard Locarno), Victims. Witnesses (1993), L’Amour, L’Argent, L’Amour (2000, Bronze Leopard Locarno), and Into Great Silence (“Die Grosse Stille”, 2005). —filmportal.de
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Riccardo Maffioli
27Mar12
Un film speciale, grande, originale e geniale. Da vedere, ma attenzione oltre le immagini ci sono solo rumori...
Joel
13Feb12
A sprawling meditative and religious experience of a film. It works much more at capturing the life of monastic silence then really giving any sort of in depth look at the life of a monk. I believe this film is one in which you get out of it what you bring to it. Though it's strange how many people I know with no religious affiliation have found this film profoundly interesting.
Parandian
25Nov10
This one is special. Saw it tonight. Going to see it again. My imediate reaction is positive, indeed. But, I wish I could take a greater part in the relations between the monks, and a closer look into the hierarchy and the history of the monastery. But then again, what I am craving for is maybe another movie.
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