religious faith vs. passion

His masterpieces like 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' and 'Vampyr' explore the tension between spiritual conviction and human desire through intensely emotional visual language.

His films including 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' and 'Teorema' directly confront the collision between religious dogma and carnal passion with provocative intensity.

His austere films like 'Au Hasard Balthazar' and 'Pickpocket' examine faith and spiritual grace in tension with human weakness and emotional turmoil through minimalist cinematography.