religious resistance

His films like 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' and 'Salò' directly confront religious authority and institutional power through provocative theological inquiry.

Throughout his career, he systematically deconstructed Catholic dogma and religious hypocrisy, most notably in 'Viridiana' and 'The Milky Way,' using surrealism as resistance.

Her documentaries and narratives explore spiritual dissent and alternative belief systems as forms of resistance against institutional religious control.