religious devotion versus worldly desires

His films like *Stalker* and *Mirror* persistently examine spiritual seeking against materialist existence through philosophical narratives and contemplative cinema.

Works such as *The Gospel According to St. Matthew* and *Teorema* directly confront religious faith and sacred experience against carnal desire and social corruption.

Films like *The Passion of Joan of Arc* and *Vampyr* explore the tension between divine calling and earthly temptation with stark, spiritual intensity.