{"id":7469,"date":"2022-11-08T14:41:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T19:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/lautre-cote-other-side-nuns-abbey-sainte-marie-deux-montagnes\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T16:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:17:06","slug":"lautre-cote-other-side-nuns-abbey-sainte-marie-deux-montagnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/lautre-cote-other-side-nuns-abbey-sainte-marie-deux-montagnes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDe l\u2019autre c\u00f4t\u00e9\u201d (On the other side) \u2013 The Nuns of the Abbey of Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is among the most important documentary film festivals in North America. Each year, the RIDM presents more than 150 Canadian and international documentaries and offers a documentary forum uniquely qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois. This year, one of the films to be screened between November 17 and 27 is an original, jubilant and unrestrained documentary on the nuns of the Abbey of Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes, in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac. It will be shown at the Cineplex Odeon in Montreal\u2019s Quartier Latin on November 22, 2022, at 9:00 p.m. in cinema 10, and on November 25, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. in cinema 12. A short video can be found online at https:\/\/vimeo.com\/lessandro\/trailer<\/a>, giving a good idea of the subject matter of the film which, following the Montreal screenings, may travel across the country and beyond. <\/p>\n\n

Some 12 years ago, the Brazilian-Canadian film director Lessandro S\u00f3crates made a documentary called \u201cL\u2019iconographe<\/em>,\u201d (The icon-maker) which brought him into contact with the iconographer nuns of the Abbey of Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes. That marked the beginning of a friendship that has now borne fruit in the form of the film \u201cDe l\u2019autre c\u00f4t\u00e9.\u201d  The cloistered nuns appear to lead a life of austerity, but Lessandro’s film introduces us to these endearing women endowed with an extraordinary joie de vivre. <\/p>\n\n

The film’s promotional article reads: “Director Lessandro S\u00f3crates has built up a relationship of trust with the community of women religious at the Abbey of Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes. His documentary explores the nuns\u2019 cloistered existence, using shots of the fence separating them from the altar sanctuary or the gate that separates them from visitors. But it provides a very different perspective on these women in their daily lives and their interpersonal relations. The focus is on the joy they have in life, their love of art and music and how they cherish beauty and detail. This is all expressed in the calming harmony of their voices in the choir during their Gregorian liturgical celebrations which serve as an exquisite musical setting to this beautifully sensitive film.”<\/p>\n\n

Could this be a year of media exposure for the nuns? In August, they appeared on the big screen to sing \u201cVeni Creator<\/em>\u201d in a large-scale production designed by composer Jacques B\u00e9land and mounted at Saint Joseph’s Oratory, the shrine of Notre-Dame du Cap and the basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupr\u00e9. The title of the production was \u201cLa beaut\u00e9 sauvera le monde<\/em>\u201d \u2013 \u201cBeauty will save the world.\u201d Singing out of sight we can shout from the rooftops…
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