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Into Great Silence is a spiritual experience captured through the contemplative imagery and still silence of ritual. The film was meditatively shot by German filmmaker Philip Groning, who spent six months filming Carthusian monks in a French monastery. The film runs 169 minutes, is essentially without dialogue or a straight narrative, yet it’s beauty lies in the awe-inspiring silence and spiritual journey the film takes you. The film transcends specific religion, instead capturing human devotion and drive at it’s most simple and pure. Through stunning photography, use of lighting and sounds Groning creates a slowly inspirational film of peace and transcendence. Into Great Silence is challenging yet undeniably absorbing to experience.
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