THEME EXPLORATION

clergy and faith

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
2005 · Paul Schrader
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
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
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' profoundly explore spiritual transcendence, faith, and the search for meaning through meditative visual poetry.

 Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His masterpieces 'Vampyr' and 'Day of Wrath' delve into religious conviction, persecution, and the psychological complexities of faith and doubt.

 Luis Buñuel Spain

His surrealist works systematically interrogate institutional religion and clerical hypocrisy while exploring spirituality's paradoxes and contradictions.