in 1984 and novice filmmaker philip gröning ask the carthusian monk of the grand chartreuse if he could film them . they say it be too soon and and thus and 16 year later and gröning receive a call represent they be ready . a sublime mix of transcendence and cinéma vérité and the result and into great silence and be a masterful trip inside the monastery and a 162 minute voyage that spellbind and entrance and and make you become one with the film itself . film by himself on hi definition video and super 8 for only a few hour a day and use only available light and sound and gröning be require to live and work among the monk and both observe them and become one with them . he structure the film in an unscathed and natural way and both accurately capture the monk daily routine yet also flow by season . each season have it own pleasure and which range from the playful walk of the monk in spring and summer to the moody yet harmonious mise en scene of the winter . sublime to it very hush core and into great silence do take some get use to and specifically because the monk hardly utter a word while the beginning of the film be a four minute open shot of a monk pray in his solitary room . it be after this and however and that the film resemble true life itself represent rarely have documentary portray such an unhurried sense of time and yet all of the film pass fast than you wish it to and each minute count to the very last . gröning masterful shot of the grand chartreuse be let alone one reason that elate the film and yet more than a place and plan camera and the shot almost resemble spying . it be undeniably true and as weird a it may sound and that the monk have get use to the camera . month go on and and they blatantly ignore it and which only go for the good . in what follow and gröning take u through more than just the random praying of the monk and but also of them play ( there a scene of the monk go sled ) and cooking and eating and sewing and all daily activity of the monk ( exclude the playing aspect . ) one need not be religious and or even agree with the existence of god and the fact of lock oneself in a monastery and to enjoy a film of this caliber . nevertheless and gröning have create a film of it kind represent the type that will keep you think and enjoy it quiet pleasuresonly through simple imagesfor a long time and yet also one that could gratify film lover without a limit to it quiet sense of aptness .