With L'Aurore du Tréfonds, Fabrice Blée produces and directs his first feature film, a documentary about the Benedictine monk, Henri Le Saux, also known by his Sanskrit name, Abhishiktananda.
He became aware of the existence of the Breton monk in 1990, at the beginning of my theology studies, when a friend offered him 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 (MID). Le Saux is one of the pioneers of this unique contemplative movement for interreligious dialogue alongside Thomas Merton, Bede Griffiths and Christian de Chergé.
He shot the first images of the film on the occasion of his participation in the colloquium marking the centenary of Le Saux's birth, which was held at the Shantivanam ashram in India in January 2010. This project required three trips to India and three trips to Kergonan Abbey in Brittany, where Le Saux lived for almost 20 years.
He left in the footsteps of Dom Le Saux to discover his secret, the secret of India that opened the doors to the great awakening. I penetrated this sacred universe where the Breton monk found his vocation as a pontifex, bridging two visions and spiritual sensibilities.
He became aware of the existence of the Breton monk in 1990, at the beginning of my theology studies, when a friend offered him 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 (MID). Le Saux is one of the pioneers of this unique contemplative movement for interreligious dialogue alongside Thomas Merton, Bede Griffiths and Christian de Chergé.
He shot the first images of the film on the occasion of his participation in the colloquium marking the centenary of Le Saux's birth, which was held at the Shantivanam ashram in India in January 2010. This project required three trips to India and three trips to Kergonan Abbey in Brittany, where Le Saux lived for almost 20 years.
He left in the footsteps of Dom Le Saux to discover his secret, the secret of India that opened the doors to the great awakening. I penetrated this sacred universe where the Breton monk found his vocation as a pontifex, bridging two visions and spiritual sensibilities.
