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THEME EXPLORATION

religious refuge

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Religulous
Religulous
2008 · Larry Charles
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi
1961 · Michael Curtiz
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Mission
Mission
1987 · Christian Petzold
The Exorcist
The Exorcist
1973 · William Friedkin
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Fanny och Alexander
Fanny och Alexander
1982 · Ingmar Bergman
En nombre de Dios
En nombre de Dios
1987 · Patricio Guzmán
Ida
Ida
2013 · Paweł Pawlikowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

His films explore spiritual seeking and religious faith as refuge from secular materialism, particularly in works like 'Canterbury Tales' and 'Salò'.

Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union/Russia

His meditative cinema treats spiritual transcendence and religious devotion as sanctuary from existential doubt, exemplified in 'Stalker' and 'Mirror'.

Carlos Reygadas → Mexico

His films interrogate faith communities and religious spaces as both refuge and sites of moral complexity, notably in 'Post Tenebras Lux' and 'Our Time'.

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