Into Great Silence

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The idea for the film was proposed to the monks in 1984, but the Carthusians said they wanted time to think about it. The Carthusians finally contacted Gröning 16 years later to say they were now willing to permit Gröning to shoot the movie, if he was still interested.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

162 min

Quality:

HD

Director:

Philip Gröning

Release:

2005

Country:

Germany, Switzerland, France

IMDb:

6.9