religious conviction

His films like 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' and 'Teorema' explore religious faith, spirituality, and divine intervention with poetic intensity and theological complexity.

His masterpiece 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' and 'Vampyr' delve into faith, sacrifice, and the supernatural with a spiritual depth that interrogates religious conviction itself.

His films like 'Stalker' and 'Nostalgia' profoundly meditate on spiritual yearning, transcendence, and the search for meaning through a quasi-religious cinematic philosophy.