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Les moines de Saint-Benoît

Roger Blais

1951 19 min

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Documentaire filmé à l’abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac et illustrant comment, tout en vivant du travail de leurs mains, des moines cherchent, dans le silence et la méditation, à atteindre l’humilité et la perfection selon la règle de saint Benoît.

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Documentaire filmé à l’abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac et illustrant comment, tout en vivant du travail de leurs mains, des moines cherchent, dans le silence et la méditation, à atteindre l’humilité et la perfection selon la règle de saint Benoît.

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Credits

• director
  Roger Blais
  
• script
  Roger Blais
  
• producer
  Guy Glover
  
• photography
  Hector Lemieux
  
• editing
  Douglas Tunstell
  
• commentary
  Jacques Giraldeau
  
• narration
  Jean-Pierre Masson
  
  Robert Gadouas
  
• music
  Maurice Blackburn
  

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