"What good will it do for a man to gain the whole world if he loses his life?" - Mt. 16:26
The movie
The life of Javier
Javier Sartorius was an extroverted young man and a promising Spanish tennis player, with a successful life in the world of sports in the United States, where he had graduated in Business Administration. However, he was looking for a deeper meaning in life.
Shocked by the poverty of the homeless in Los Angeles, and already a paddle-tennis champion in that country, he decided to leave everything and go as a missionary to Cuzco (Peru). There he began a spiritual journey of radical surrender. His need to encounter God through poverty, silence and prayer led him to the Seminary of Toledo and later to the Community of Lord, in the mountains of the Catalan Pre-Pyrenees.
There he entered the contemplative life and discovered the hidden treasure he had been searching for. Already close to Jesus Christ, Javier faced the cross with joy in the form of illness. He died of a sudden heart attack shortly before receiving the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
Javier Sartorius Milans del Bosch was an extroverted, handsome young man of noble birth, charismatic and sporty. He studied Business Administration in the United States, where he ended up more focused on surfing the waves of California, winning paddle tennis championships or training Hollywood stars. Beaches, parties, girls, sports. Javier had it all. Or not.
When he became U.S. paddle champion, Javier threw the trophy in the trash. He began to feel an interest in spiritual life, through yoga and meditation, and for the underprivileged. At the invitation of a family member, he went to help the humanitarian work of missionaries in the mountains of Cuzco, Peru. He went to spend a month; he ended up staying for a year.
After Peru, Javier was willing to leave his whole life behind in order to find himself. His tireless search for meaning finally led him to seek a life of poverty, prayer and contemplation in a secluded place: the Sanctuary of Lord.
Documentary vision
From the particular to the universal
This documentary about Javier Sartorius seeks to go beyond a simple biographical account. He wants to transmit the spiritual experience of renunciation and detachment in favor of a joyful, silent and contemplative Love. It seeks to appeal to young people dreaming of wealth, to girls in search of a fulfilling love, and to Catholics who attend mass without real commitment.
More than highlighting Javier’s holiness, it seeks to challenge, provoke and attract, showing the beauty of a faith that flees from comfort, that breaks schemes, and that trusts completely in the Lord. The film is proposed as a journey: from the allure of worldly success to the chapel of a shrine lost in the mountains, passing through the impact of poverty in Peru and addressing the need for spiritual life in the first world.
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About us
This documentary is promoted by three entities that wish to make Javier’s story known to the world:
1. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lord
After an outstanding career in tennis and studies in Business Administration in the United States, Javier felt an inner call to help the poorest, which materialized in a trip to a mission in Cusco.
After serving there for a time, Javier sought silence and dedicated his life to prayer and sacrifice at the Lord’s Shrine, a spiritually significant place, imbued with history and devotion.
Despite the inconveniences, he integrated himself into the work of the sanctuary, joyfully participating in the reconstruction of buildings and in agricultural work. His deep connection with spiritual life led him to profess particular religious vows.
Later he agreed to begin the path of training towards the ministerial priesthood, during which he came face to face with the disease.
His life was cut short by a sudden heart attack shortly before receiving the Sacrament of Orders. He left a legacy of kindness and authenticity, showing genuine transformation as he dedicated his life to serving God in the Lord’s Sanctuary.
2. The Association for the Beatification of Javier Sartorius
It is a non-profit association. Its purpose is to spread the exemplary life of Javier and to promote the canonical process for his beatification and canonization with full respect for the canonical norms of the Catholic Church.
Likewise, and in fidelity to the principles that Javier championed in his life, he supports and promotes those initiatives that promote the good of the most disadvantaged, and their human and Christian attention and promotion. It collaborates with some Institutes of consecrated life of contemplative life and others dedicated to the evangelization of the poorest.
3. The production company ADAUGE
Audiovisual production company focused on telling human, real and exciting stories, from the prism of Christian values, seeking to inspire the public and have a positive impact on society. Within the team we find:
Josepmaria Anglès
He has been working in the audiovisual sector since 2012. Linked to ADAUGE since its inception, Josepmaria actively collaborated with the script and editing of the documentary “Rodando al Destino” (2015) and was director, screenwriter and editor of the feature film “Faraway Land” (2018), which won various national awards. and international.
Joan Girbau Xalabarder
He is a documentary and advertising filmmaker and director of photography. In his more than ten years of experience, he always takes care of the visual style of each project, closely relating it to its soul and message. Light, color, composition and movement serve the story being told. He never stops training in the technique and art behind the cameras.
