Recently spotlighted at the Finnish Film Affair, where it was given the Best Nordic Project Award, Danish production “The Great Silence” will head straight to the convent, where Sister Alma (played…
’ feature debut, inspired by her religious upbringing in a Christian community and co-written with Marianne Lentz, also behind her Robert Award-winning short “In the Blink of an Eye.”
Brocks – who graduated from the National Film School of Denmark and already collaborated with Thorp on 2019 short “Below the Waves, Above the Clouds,” calling the actor her “creative muse” – became fascinated with nuns after witnessing a family friend taking her vows. “Once he arrives, it’s like watching a car crash. Nuns pray for the world, so Alma believes she is there for him. But he doesn’t think it makes any difference,” says Brocks, admitting the characters represent two sides of her and her dilemmas.
“They told us that you have to choose to be in it. Sometimes you feel God is there, sometimes He is not – just like the love of your spouse. It’s hard work,” she says, interested in the contrasts between the sacred and the everyday.
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