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THEME EXPLORATION

biblical drama

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Day for Night
Day for Night
1973 · François Truffaut
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1951 · Douglas Sirk
The File on Thelma Jordon
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949 · Robert Siodmak
2019
2019
2019 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Grand Prix
Grand Prix
1966 · John Frankenheimer
The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend
1971 · Ken Russell
Roosevelt
Roosevelt
2019 · Martin Scorsese
Fifty Shades Freed
Fifty Shades Freed
2018 · James Foley
Les Destinées sentimentales
Les Destinées sentimentales
2000 · Olivier Assayas
America
America
1924 · D.W. Griffith
A Woman’s Story
A Woman’s Story
1963 · Mikio Naruse
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

His *The Gospel According to St. Matthew* and *The Canterbury Tales* deeply explore biblical narrative and spiritual themes through a radical, humanistic lens.

Martin Scorsese → USA

His films *The Last Temptation of Christ* and *Silence* engage profoundly with faith, doubt, and biblical/religious struggle as central dramatic conflicts.

Carl Theodor Dreyer → Denmark

His *Passion of Joan of Arc* and *Ordet* explore faith, sacrifice, and redemption through intensely spiritual cinematography and theological questioning.

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