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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 Groning wrote to the Carthusian orde...( read more 
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MCT:June 6, 2008Valuable transcript of monastic life; revelatory for its sound design and for its feeling for the passage of time.
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MCT:May 3, 2008
A good movie on how it is like to live like a monk. Although the movie is almost without sound is appealing because of the camera angles.
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MCT:February 24, 2008
Soley for the beautiful footage. It's a wonderful insight into this world. But just as the title states, silent! This would not be for everyone. You need a good attention span to watch and appreciate it. For the true documentary lover only.
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MCT:January 12, 2008nothing happens but it still fascinating, can't tell why but it's nearly 3 hours of meditation and i want to keep on seeing it.....
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MCT:November 11, 2007
That title ain't lyin'! I'd probably only recommend this to the hardcore documentary lover, but if you are of that stock you're really going to enjoy this. There is no narration, we don't really get to know the individual monks in the monastery, and as the title says, there's not much in the way of sound. Some chanting, a few snatches of dialogue, some rare laughter, but mostly just the sounds of a life without words. The shots of the monastery and its surroundings in the mountains are beautiful. This is total immersion into the monk experience, a real treat.
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MCT:November 7, 2007A pretty much silent movie about the Cathusian monks (who live a life of silence) Well it's peaceful alright - about 20 minutes in I fell asleep. I woke up 2 hrs later and more (and more) silence.
Everyone seems to have loved this - I feel so ashamed cuz without not one single song and dance number or car chase I just couldn't get into it. Questions I have always had about how that way of life makes a better world or even a better person were not answered. The film-makers had to wait 15 years to get the approval to film in the monastary. I felt like the movie was 15 yrs long (lol) but it was ONLY 3 hrs. -
MCT:October 16, 2007
this movie will make us realize that the there is something more to live in this world that not everything we see are the necessary thing in this world. There is something still beyond what we see and that is the reason why these monks offer thier lives to the service of the church in the silence of thier monasteries. I hope producers will produce movies as excellent as this one. God bless you.
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MCT:October 5, 2007Long and difficult to get through. Keep showing the same Bible verses. Are they trying to indoctrinate people?
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MCT:August 31, 2007
Deeply meditative film that plunges us directly into monastic life. The natural lighting of the cinematography alone makes this a remarkable film.
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MCT:July 18, 2007
A beautiful film...that takes a lot of patience to sit through and once you're there you want to see it through...I have a theory about 3 hour films that everyone raves about...Stockholm Syndrome...not that the film doesn't deserve the praise... it does...but just think about it.
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MCT:June 3, 2007I don't recommend this unless you are really into the art of cinema or photography. The frames, angles, lighting, set up's are brilliant, and although it really is THREE hours of GREAT SILENCE (sans a few prayers), after watching it I felt some sense of fulfillment. It really is amazing for what it is, but it is not meant to be entertaining really, and I'd recommend seeing it in a theater
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MCT:March 28, 2007
An observational documentary that fully captures the life of the Grande Charteuse monks. The pace of life, the silence, the natural beuty that they are surrounded by, the seperation for modern life. The cinematography and the editing both work to give the viewer a sense of this life. It is not only well executed but it is moving, and spiritually enlightening
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