April Skies: Into Great Silence
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Fri 6 April 2007 // 20:00
(Fri 6th / 8 pm / £4/3)
(Sun 8th - Mon 9 th / 7pm / £4/3)
(Philip Gröning/ 2006/ German / DVD/ 169mins / Cert U)
16 years after Philip Gröning’s initial request to film the monks of the Grande Chartruse, the General Prior finally agreed. This mesmerising
documentary records the daily life of this closed and silent Carthusian order. The film contains virtually no dialogue; instead, through closely observing the repetition of prayer and daily duties, the monks’ extraordinary existence unfolds before our eyes.
(Sun 8th - Mon 9 th / 7pm / £4/3)
(Philip Gröning/ 2006/ German / DVD/ 169mins / Cert U)
16 years after Philip Gröning’s initial request to film the monks of the Grande Chartruse, the General Prior finally agreed. This mesmerising
documentary records the daily life of this closed and silent Carthusian order. The film contains virtually no dialogue; instead, through closely observing the repetition of prayer and daily duties, the monks’ extraordinary existence unfolds before our eyes.