into great silence

"Into Great Silence" by director Philip Groening is a very strict, next to silent meditation on monastic life in a very pure form. There is no music scoring except for the chants in the monastery, there are no interviews, no commentaries, no extra material. Changing of time, seasons, and the ever repeated elements of the day, of the prayer. A film to become a monastery, rather than depict one. A film on awareness, absolute presence, and the life of men who devoted their lifetimes to God in the purest of form.