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THEME EXPLORATION

heresy

2 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Agostino d’Ippona
Agostino d’Ippona
1972 · Roberto Rossellini
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Buñuel → Spain

His surrealist films systematically challenge religious dogma and institutional faith through absurdist critique and iconoclastic imagery.

Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

He provocatively interrogates Christian theology and sexual morality, using heresy as a lens to expose contradictions between religious doctrine and human desire.

Martin Scorsese → USA

His films wrestle with Catholic guilt and theological doubt, depicting heresy as a spiritual struggle between faith and doubt rather than simple rejection.

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