Film About Monastery Wins Award
BERLIN, NOV. 2, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The European Film Academy has awarded a first prize to "Into Great Silence," a film about a Carthusian monastery in France.
The film, entitled "Die grosse Stille" in German, was among the eight finalists in the Documentary 2006-Prix Arte category.
In a citation the academy said: "Philip Gröning's thoughtful film touches on the mystic quality of belief and our need for stillness and silence in contrast to modern life. It appears that the director, with a lot of patience, gained the trust of this enclosed community and returned with amazing images and sounds.
"'Into Great Silence' is a great film about humanity and our shared European background."
The award will be presented during the awards ceremony at Expo XXI in Warsaw on Dec. 2.
The 162-minute film is set in the Grande Chartreuse of Grenoble, France. It narrates with images the daily life of the monks, including liturgical prayer, work, Gregorian chant and community life.
The director Gröning spent six months living the life of the Carthusians.
Amy Welborn passes this along:
Into the Great Silence - the German documentary about Carthusians, which has received rave reviews and drawn big audiences in Europe, finally has a US distributor.
Release timeframe of February or March; I hope they show it wherever I will be at that time...
Interview with Philip Groening
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