Into Great Silence

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Into Great Silence (Die Große Stille) is a film directed by Philip Groening that was first released in 2005. It is an intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in a remote corner of the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The film was made about 17 years after the director first requested permission to make it.

[edit] Prizes

• It won a Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Festival. [1]
• European Movie Awards 2006, Documentary - Prix Arte

[edit] External links

• Into Great Silence at the Internet Movie Database
• Film description
• Slant Magazine Film Review by Keith Uhlich