crucifixion

His film 'Il Decameron' and especially his theological works directly interrogate Christian sacrifice and crucifixion as central to understanding human suffering and redemption.

His masterpiece 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' visualizes crucifixion-like suffering through extreme close-ups of a martyr's anguish, making spiritual agony viscerally cinematic.

'The Passion of the Christ' is an unflinching, graphic depiction of crucifixion as both historical event and spiritual mystery, presented with unprecedented visual intensity.