DIRECTION
With Dawn of the Abyss, Fabrice Blée realized his first feature film, a documentary on the Benedictine monk Henri Le Saux, also known by his Sanskrit name, Abhishiktananda.
Fabrice Blée first learned about the Breton monk in 1990, at the beginning of my studies in theology, when a friend offered me a copy of 'Le passeur entre deux rives' by Marie-Madeleine Davy. His interest in this extraordinary character was confirmed and deepened during his work on Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (DIM). Le Saux is among the pioneers of the unique contemplative movement for interreligious dialogue, along with Thomas Merton, Bede Grifftihs and Christian Chergé.
Invited to participate in the Symposium marking the centenary of the birth of Le Saux, held in the ashram of Shantivanam in India in January 2010, Fabrice Blée shot the first images of the film. This project required three trips to India, as well as to the Abbey Kergonan in Brittany.
He walked in the footsteps of Dom Le Saux, to discover his secret - the secret of India that opened the doors of his great awakening. He entered this sacred universe wherein the Breton monk found his calling to be pontifex, a bridge between two spiritual visions and sensibilities.
Fabrice Blée first learned about the Breton monk in 1990, at the beginning of my studies in theology, when a friend offered me a copy of 'Le passeur entre deux rives' by Marie-Madeleine Davy. His interest in this extraordinary character was confirmed and deepened during his work on Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (DIM). Le Saux is among the pioneers of the unique contemplative movement for interreligious dialogue, along with Thomas Merton, Bede Grifftihs and Christian Chergé.
Invited to participate in the Symposium marking the centenary of the birth of Le Saux, held in the ashram of Shantivanam in India in January 2010, Fabrice Blée shot the first images of the film. This project required three trips to India, as well as to the Abbey Kergonan in Brittany.
He walked in the footsteps of Dom Le Saux, to discover his secret - the secret of India that opened the doors of his great awakening. He entered this sacred universe wherein the Breton monk found his calling to be pontifex, a bridge between two spiritual visions and sensibilities.
