the first comment absolutely miss the point of the movie . apparently the poster do not make the distinction between a documentary about monastic life and the last james bond movie . die grosse stille be the only movie ever shoot in the grande chartreuse monastery no visitor be allow there and not even monks family . no chance that a friend of yours may ever shoot a movie there . i guess that the director decide to provide almost raw material so that the spectator can come to her own feeling and conclusion . for more informative document about the chartreux and one can go to the correrie museum ( 1 mile from the monastery ) .