THEME EXPLORATION

Christian charity

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Europa 51
Europa 51
1952 · Roberto Rossellini
Chimmie Fadden
Chimmie Fadden
1915 · Cecil B. DeMille
Faithful
Faithful
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Green and Pleasant Land
Green and Pleasant Land
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
Scattered Clouds
Scattered Clouds
1967 · Mikio Naruse
The Big Fisherman
The Big Fisherman
1959 · Frank Borzage
Viridiana
Viridiana
1961 · Luis Buñuel
The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers
1980 · John Landis
The Missing Nail
The Missing Nail
2019 · Peter Greenaway
Détresse et charité
Détresse et charité
1904 · Georges Méliès
Shiro Amakusa: The Christian Rebel
Shiro Amakusa: The Christian Rebel
1962 · Nagisa Oshima
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His films like 'Ordet' and 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' explore faith, sacrifice, and redemption through deeply spiritual examinations of Christian charity and divine grace.

 Robert Bresson France

Bresson's minimalist aesthetic in films like 'Au Hasard Balthazar' and 'A Man Escaped' reveals Christian charity through acts of compassion, suffering, and spiritual transcendence.

 Terrence Malick United States

Malick's meditative films such as 'The Tree of Life' and 'The Thin Red Line' contemplate Christian morality, grace, and humanity's capacity for love and forgiveness.