Monastères d'Europe : Les Témoins de l'invisible

2018 - 2018

At the Water's Edge

3rd December 2018

Episode 1

Monks and sisters built impressive buildings at the water's edge : Mont-Saint-Michel (France) animated by the Fraternities of Jerusalem or the monastery of the Benedictines on Lake Chiemsee in Bavaria (Germany)…

From the Back of the World

4th December 2018

Episode 2

Sisters and brothers often sought to isolate themselves until they reached the end of the world. Saint Gregory of Tatev in Armenia hides at the top of an inaccessible mountain. It is animated by a single monk, an exception!

Unusual

5th December 2018

Episode 3

Monasteries that are both timeless and in our time. In Bavaria, a monastery that animates the economic and cultural life of the region. In Georgia, a monastery in a troglodyte site.

Pilgrimages

6th December 2018

Episode 4

St. Nino in Georgia is a monastery animated by sisters who have restored this ravaged site by the communists. The source discovered by Saint Nino in the 4th century according to tradition attracts pilgrims again. Santiago de Compostela is the destination of the biggest pilgrimage in Europe.

Souvenirs

7th December 2018

Episode 5

Mont Sainte Odile has artistic treasures including the astonishing mosaic of the Gentile and Bordet artists celebrating the Victory of the Allies against Nazism. The Benedictine monastery of Göttweig is known for its library, its thirty-two thousand engravings including Dürer and Michelangelo and these moving statuettes of the Madonna with foeutus.

Top Cast

Yann Collette•Marie Arnaud

Director

Jacques Debs

Writer

Jacques Debs

What is happening today in European monasteries? Why do young people leave the “normal” world to devote their lives to spirituality? Let's embark on a journey to discover the sources of Europe and share the life of monastic communities from Ireland to Russia and from Greece to Germany.

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Yann Collette Image

Yann Collette

Narrator (voice)

Marie Arnaud

Narrator (voice)

Full Crew

Jacques Debs

Director

Marie Arnaud

Director

Jacques Debs

Writer

Jacques Debs

Associate Producer

Marie Arnaud

Writer

Marie Arnaud

Associate Producer

Serge Lalou Image

Serge Lalou

Producer

Marc-André Batigne

Director of Photography

Emmanuel Zouki

Sound Engineer

Emmanuel Zouki

Sound Editor

Évelyne Ranaivoarivony

Editor

Thierry Simonnet

Editor

Évelyne Ranaivoarivony

Music Editor

Thierry Simonnet

Music Editor

Joël Grare

Original Music Composer

Ingólfur Sverrir Guðjónsson

Original Music Composer

Hugi Guðmundsson

Original Music Composer

Alban Sautour

Original Music Composer

Anne Cohen-Solal

Production Director

Pierre Sudre

Color Grading

Alexandre Poirier

Sound Mixer

Ary Carpman

Sound Mixer

Alban Sautour

Sound Recordist

Magali Pacher

Assistant Editor

Fabienne Pacher

Assistant Editor

Éric Decottignies

Production Assistant

Taïsse Sanvy

Production Assistant

Élise Rothenbühler

Production Assistant

Emmanuel Zouki

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