No Greater Love details
| Format: | Ex DVD |
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| Director: | Michael Whyte |
| Genres: | Documentary - General, Special Interest - Religion |
| Studio: | LACE GROUP |
| Name | Discs | |
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No Greater Love |
Ex Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 40 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 05 Jul 2010 |
| Main languages: | English |
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A revealing film
By Aidan from Lodon , 16 Apr 2010[Highly rated reviewer]
I saw No Greater Love at a well attended midweek matinee screening in central London and thought it was a thought provoking, sensitive and intelligent depiction of a way of life often misunderstood and frequently misrepresented. I was fortunate enough to see the monastery and grounds when the nuns had their first ever ‘Open Day’ to celebrate the 125th anniversary of their founding a few years ago, and the candid and occasionally moving glimpses in the film of the everyday lives of the nuns who live there are both informative and inspiring. There are a number of scenes that will stick in my memory - the cloaked figures in the darkened chapel at Easter, the Prioress speaking of her years of doubt, the nuns kneeling throughout the building as the bell for the Angelus rings - but the one of the elderly Sisters being fed her dinner was for me one of the most gentle and poignant expressions of their search for God in everything they do. A quietly remarkable film that shows life isn’t all greed, noise, gadgets and trying to keep up with everyone else.- Was this review helpful to you?
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By a customer , 08 Mar 2013I enjoyed this film but would have appreciated some commentary, eg why did some of the nuns wear white veils and some black? Where did they sleep? I would like to have learnt about the different offices and what the nuns ate. There was a lot of repetition. Also, they didn't seem to have kneelers. That parquet floor must have been hard on their knees!- Was this review helpful to you?
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A beautiful slowly revealing pleasure
By a customer , 17 Aug 2011I loved this film. I saw it by chance when it was playing at the Gate cinema in Notting Hill Gate and it is a gentle observational film that is surprisingly revealing. Can't believe that this hidden world exists in the heart of London and the nuns were revealing, honest, and inspiring. We spend too little time reflecting on the spiritual and it was a priviledge to spend time in this silent contemplative world. A welcome antidote to our daily inundation of sound and 3 minute attention tv.- Was this review helpful to you?
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No Greater Love
By 1of6 (118 reviews) from Aberdare , 10 Mar 2011It was facinating. I found it strangely compelling. I find it difficult to believe their quaint life styles - yet I noticed even the power of the internet has managed to ease it's way into the style of life from a by gone age.- Was this review helpful to you?
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nice film though content was lacking
By Rastusodingo (8 reviews) from Belfast , 09 Mar 2011I had looked forward to watching this and although nicely made and well put together,unlike other documentaries on spiritual traditions I found it introverted and uninspiring towards a way of understanding and communicating spiritualism.- Was this review helpful to you?
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More an "observational film" than a documentary
By rtb (131 reviews) from London , 10 Aug 2010as it draws no conclusions, advances no theories and makes no arguments in favour or against - the camera is simply a quiet presence in the corner as the nuns go about their daily lives. And in this it has its own beauty, observing quietly and respectfully. Some of the scenes have their own private humour - for instance the scene in which one of the nuns orders shopping online. But otherwise its contemplative and meditative, beautifully still and lit like an Old Master painting. Watching it, one is forced to reflect on the hurly burly of our own lives in direct contrast the that of the enclosed order. And thats no bad thing.
One thing which did annoy me was the poor sound quality - when the documentary maker was actually asking questions, his voice was almost completely inaudible - you couldnt hear what he was actually asking, which made the answers rather like listening in on one side of a telephone conversation.- Was this review helpful to you?
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