THEME EXPLORATION

death ritual

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude
1971 · Hal Ashby
Di Cavalcanti
Di Cavalcanti
1977 · Glauber Rocha
Luminous People
Luminous People
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
Babusya
Babusya
2003 · Yuliya Shashkova
The Seventh Seal
The Seventh Seal
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Cremator
The Cremator
1969 · Juraj Herz
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
Ghost
Ghost
1990 · Jerry Zucker
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Nagisa Oshima Japan

His films like 'Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence' and 'Max Mon Amour' explore death as a ritualistic and transgressive act intertwined with desire and cultural ceremony.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative, philosophical cinema treats death as a sacred ritual of spiritual transformation, particularly evident in 'Stalker' and 'Mirror'.

 Denis Villeneuve France

Her visceral filmography, especially 'Trouble Every Day' and 'High Life', examines death and bodily rituals with poetic intensity and anthropological depth.