Silence and patience - preview
Susie Paskins reviews a new film which shows the importance of silence to our spiritual lives
Die Große Stille (Into Great Silence) is an extraordinary film The filmmaker, Philip Gröning, waited fifteen years for permission to film inside the Carthusian monastery of La Grande Chartreuse in the French Alps Finally the monks gave permission on condition that there was no voice-over, and that music and artificial lighting were not used Philip Gröning lived in a tiny cell for six months, observing and filming the daily rituals of the monks He presents the results to us without commentary and so every viewer will take something different from the film
Susie Paskins
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