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The Grande Chartreuse, the Mother House of the legendary Carthusian Order of Monks, sits in solitude high in the French Alps. Into Great Silence is the first film to open the doors on life inside the Grande Chartreuse. Silence. Repetition. Rhythm
Changing of time, season, and the eer-repeated elements of the day, and of the prayer. In one of the most mesmerising and poetic chronicles of spirituality ever created, director Philip Groning dissolves the border between screen and audience with a total immersion into the hush of monastic life.
More meditation than documentary, Into Great Silence is a rare and transformative cinematic experience.
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