THEME EXPLORATION

clergy

7 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
2005 · Paul Schrader
L'Abbé Constantin
L'Abbé Constantin
1925 · Julien Duvivier
All’onorevole piacciono le donne (Nonostante le apparenze…e purché la nazione non lo sappia)
All’onorevole piacciono le donne (Nonostante le apparenze…e purché la nazione non lo sappia)
1972 · Lucio Fulci
Le Diable au convent
Le Diable au convent
1899 · Georges Méliès
Give Me Five
Give Me Five
1980 · Pasquale Festa Campanile
The Banishing
The Banishing
2021 · Christopher Smith
The Singer Not the Song
The Singer Not the Song
1961 · Roy Ward Baker
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His masterpieces like 'Ordet' and 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' profoundly explore faith, spirituality, and the inner lives of clergy through intimate psychological drama.

 Robert Bresson France

A devout Catholic filmmaker whose works including 'Diary of a Country Priest' and 'Au Hasard Balthazar' examine grace, redemption, and clerical moral struggles through austere, transcendent cinema.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His films like 'The Canterbury Tales' and 'The Decameron' critique institutional religion and clergy while exploring spiritual and carnal themes with provocative visual poetry.