Virtually Silent Film about Carthusian Monks a Surprise Hit in Germany

[WanderAimlessly]

Virtually Silent Film about Carthusian Monks a Surprise Hit in Germany
By Hilary White

BERLIN, February 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A virtually silent film about silent monks in an ancient French monastery is proving a surprise hit with German audiences, the BBC reports. With no dialogue, no script or voiceover and only Gregorian chant as background music, Into Great Silence is an unusual documentary of the daily lives of the monks of Le Grande Chartreuse, the extremely remote original foundation in the French Alps, of the Catholic Church’s most rigorous religious order, the Carthusians.

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[Aureole]

I just read about this as well. It sounds like a wonderful documentary showing the peace of Christ. I hope I get the chance to watch it. It would also fill me in on the Carthusian monks somewhat, as I have very little prior information.

 

[WanderAimlessly]

Aureole:

I just read about this as well. It sounds like a wonderful documentary showing the peace of Christ. I hope I get the chance to watch it. It would also fill me in on the Carthusian monks somewhat, as I have very little prior information.

All I know about them is that they follow the Rule of Benedict with an almost total vow of silence. I know they have at least one monastery in the US and that is in Vermont.

PF

 

[Edwin1961]

Ever since the *Chant * CD series came out a few years ago, it has really taken off as a musical genre…little to some people know, it’s older than they think.

Also the study of Latin has increased do to the rise in Chant.

 

[Isilzha]

I wonder if it will be available in the U.S. eventually.

 

[asteroid]

I’m hoping BBC4 in the UK will show it at some point. I’m really enjoying reading Carthusian novice conferences at the moment. Sort of in a real Carthusian loving phase - it’s not my calling though as I’m married.

 

[Guar_Fan]

Isilzha:

I wonder if it will be available in the U.S. eventually.

So far its going to be distributed to Italy, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxemburg. But it won a Special Jury Prize for World Cinema–Documentary at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival so I have my hopes up for a U.S. distribution.

Here is the website for the film diegrossestille.de/english/
and here is the international website for the order chartreux.org/

They are a very, very strict order from what I have read - more strict than the Trappists are today.

 

[Eden]

Wow. I really want to see this. Surely, it will be aired on the Sundance Channel at some point.

 

[Timidity]

Isilzha:

I wonder if it will be available in the U.S. eventually.

I wonder if it will be dubbed, or if they will use subtitles. I don’t speak German…

:whacky:

 

[Aureole]

Timidity:

I wonder if it will be dubbed, or if they will use subtitles. I don’t speak German…

:whacky:

I would personally prefer subtitles. Dubbed movies tend to have a kind of “cartoon” feeling to them. Though a documentary may be much different.