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THEME EXPLORATION

faith and spirituality

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
2012 · Ang Lee
Francesco, giullare di Dio
Francesco, giullare di Dio
1950 · Roberto Rossellini
Léon Morin, prêtre
Léon Morin, prêtre
1961 · Jean-Pierre Melville
Mother Joan of the Angels
Mother Joan of the Angels
1961 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Monsieur Albert, prophète
Monsieur Albert, prophète
1963 · Jean Rouch
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Carl Theodor Dreyer → Danish

Emotionally restrained yet profoundly moving cinema exploring spiritual and moral dimensions of human experience.

Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union/Russia

His metaphysical films like *Stalker* and *Mirror* explore spiritual yearning and the human search for meaning through meditative, transcendent cinema.

Terrence Malick → United States

His poetic films such as *The Tree of Life* and *A Hidden Life* contemplate existence, divine grace, and humanity's relationship with the sacred and natural world.

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