THEME EXPLORATION

Christian faith

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Way of the World
The Way of the World
1910 · D.W. Griffith
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
The Exorcist
The Exorcist
1973 · William Friedkin
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
The Miracle of Marcelino
The Miracle of Marcelino
1990 · Ladislao Vajda
Ida
Ida
2013 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
2012 · Ang Lee
Rome Open City
Rome Open City
1945 · Roberto Rossellini
Bruce Almighty
Bruce Almighty
2003 · Tom Shadyac
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His films like 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' and 'Canterbury Tales' profoundly interrogate Christian theology, spirituality, and the tension between sacred and secular worlds.

 Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His masterpieces 'Ordet' and 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' explore faith, grace, and spiritual transcendence with unmatched philosophical and emotional depth.

 Robert Bresson France

His minimalist, transcendental cinema in films like 'Au Hasard Balthazar' and 'A Man Escaped' captures divine grace and Christian redemption through austere spiritual aesthetics.