celibacy vs desire

His films obsessively explore the tension between spiritual asceticism and carnal desire, particularly in works like 'Teorema' and 'Salò'.

His sparse, austere aesthetic examines the struggle between renunciation and human temptation in deeply spiritual narratives like 'Au Hasard Balthazar' and 'Mouchette'.

His metaphysical cinema, especially 'The Passion of Joan of Arc', interrogates the conflict between physical suffering and spiritual conviction with unmatched intensity.