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THEME EXPLORATION

sacred geography

11 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
Thirdworld
Thirdworld
1999 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Concerto per Michelangelo
Concerto per Michelangelo
1977 · Roberto Rossellini
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
1977 · Jean Rouch
Kumbha Mela
Kumbha Mela
1989 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Onomichi
Onomichi
1963 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
1967 · Peter Greenaway
Robinson Crusoe Island
Robinson Crusoe Island
1999 · Patricio Guzmán
God in Russia
God in Russia
1984 · Artavazd Pelechian
Blood of My Blood
Blood of My Blood
2015 · Marco Bellocchio
Bosphore
Bosphore
1964 · Maurice Pialat
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His films like Stalker and Andrei Rublev use landscape and pilgrimage as metaphors for spiritual journeys through sacred spaces.

Terrence Malick → United States

He transforms natural landscapes into transcendent, sacred territories where the divine intersects with human experience and memory.

Carlos Reygadas → Mexico

His work explores the intersection of faith, land, and spirituality in Mexico's rural spaces, treating geography as a character imbued with sacred meaning.

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