THEME EXPLORATION

Christian charity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Europa 51
Europa 51
1952 · Roberto Rossellini
Chimmie Fadden
Chimmie Fadden
1915 · Cecil B. DeMille
Faithful
Faithful
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Green and Pleasant Land
Green and Pleasant Land
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
Scattered Clouds
Scattered Clouds
1967 · Mikio Naruse
The Big Fisherman
The Big Fisherman
1959 · Frank Borzage
Viridiana
Viridiana
1961 · Luis Buñuel
The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers
1980 · John Landis
The Missing Nail
The Missing Nail
2019 · Peter Greenaway
Détresse et charité
Détresse et charité
1904 · Georges Méliès
Shiro Amakusa: The Christian Rebel
Shiro Amakusa: The Christian Rebel
1962 · Nagisa Oshima
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Robert Bresson France

His austere, spiritual films like 'Au Hasard Balthazar' and 'A Man Escaped' explore grace, redemption, and Christian compassion through minimalist storytelling.

 Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His masterpieces 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' and 'Vampyr' delve into sacrifice, faith, and the struggle between spiritual and earthly suffering rooted in Christian theology.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative, philosophical works like 'Stalker' and 'The Mirror' contemplate faith, forgiveness, and the search for spiritual meaning central to Christian ethics.