Official Into Great Silence US Trailer

Nestled deep in the postcard-perfect French Alps, the Grande Chartreuse is considered one of the world's most ascetic monasteries. In 1984, German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. They said they would get back to him. Sixteen years later, they were ready. Gröning, sans crew or artificial lighting, lived in the monks' quarters for six months—filming their daily prayers, tasks, rituals and rare outdoor excursions. This transcendent, closely observed film seeks to embody a monastery, rather than simply depict one—it has no score, no voiceover and no archival footage. What remains is stunningly elemental: time, space and light. One of the most mesmerizing and poetic chronicles of spirituality ever created, INTO GREAT SILENCE dissolves the border between screen and audience with a total immersion into the hush of monastic life. More meditation than documentary, it's a rare, transformative theatrical experience for all.

OPENS FEBRUARY 28

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[dotto35]

That is what this world needs. Christ be with you. +JMJ+

[mariuspy]

why do you care so much if they spend their life praying? In the worst case, you should be angry with the people that don't care abouth others.

Obviously God doesn't want everybody to be monks, but don't blame these people for giving their entire life to be close to God. This is the true meaning of happiness.

[ctweebee]

@mariuspy The greatest saints wanted to spend their lives in cloistered contemplation, but if you will notice how God used them IN THE WORLD. He put them to work for the greater good of souls.

[bassbytes]

I'm an atheist, but I totally enjoyed this absorbing film. They are fully entitled to live their life this way if they choose to. Complete peaceful silence is so refreshing in today's increasingly noisy world. Good on ye lads !

[TruthAdamsSkull]

Incredible film. Watch it then go on a retreat yourself and experience true peace in a world of noise.

[TotallyYoursMary]

God used this movie and the Carthusian way of life to teach me how to pray all the time in my daily life as a business person

[xLoveWithZombie]

Why so serious.. people? why argue on youtube lmao... creeps..

[Drumsolotake1]

Christ is Risen! I can't wait to see this

[nicolarasta]

Money and economy are not the world. They are the worst part of it. Our false sense of freedom and libertinism cause starving, injustice, wars, etc.. Just open your minds and try to change perspective. Your small garden is not the whole universe.

[Portubed]

@emerset It's above it, it's beyond it. The reason why it is defensable in the logical and physical criteria is because God made them for it. Fit that one into your little scheme and then we can talk some more. Anything else doesn't see the matter far enough, or even in it's complete truth, to be honest. They are there because God called them and they would do it even if it was senseless in the eyes of the world who doesn't fit God into the big picture.

[emerset]

@Portubed Look, these modern criteria matter to me. The psychological, physiological, medical, economic, logical, ethical, physical criteria is what I go by. I go by this criteria & say that even an atheist can appreciate the Carthusians. Countless other philosophical students also follow this criteria; it's no sin that the Carthusians have passed it. Yet you seem to think they're above it, that the spiritual is above the physical logical criteria. I don't. It's foolish to disregard the logical.

[Portubed]

@emerset It's you who are denigrating others, not me. I'm saying you are wrong in using the argument that these modern criteria are appropriate in any way. Ultimately, they don't matter. You have this construct set up about upholding their life as valid according to modern criteria. It isn't necessary. Their criteria are not of this world. As a personal note, you strike me as someone revolving around pride and the roles you play for the approval of others. The Carthusians are way, way beyond it.