THEME EXPLORATION

spirituality and faith

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
2012 · Ang Lee
Francesco, giullare di Dio
Francesco, giullare di Dio
1950 · Roberto Rossellini
Léon Morin, prêtre
Léon Morin, prêtre
1961 · Jean-Pierre Melville
Mother Joan of the Angels
Mother Joan of the Angels
1961 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Monsieur Albert, prophète
Monsieur Albert, prophète
1963 · Jean Rouch
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
The Exorcist
The Exorcist
1973 · William Friedkin
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
The Miracle of Marcelino
The Miracle of Marcelino
1990 · Ladislao Vajda
Ida
Ida
2013 · Paweł Pawlikowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' use metaphysical imagery and meditative pacing to explore the spiritual yearning of the human soul and faith in transcendence.

 Terrence Malick United States

His poetic cinema in films like 'The Tree of Life' and 'A Hidden Life' grapples with divine presence, suffering, grace, and humanity's relationship with the sacred.

 Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His masterpieces 'Vampyr' and especially 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' profoundly examine faith, martyrdom, and spiritual conviction through haunting visual storytelling.