THEME EXPLORATION

heretical movements

11 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Action et Réaction
Action et Réaction
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
La rabbia
La rabbia
1963 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Le Fond de l’air est rouge
Le Fond de l’air est rouge
1977 · Chris Marker
Monsieur Albert, prophète
Monsieur Albert, prophète
1963 · Jean Rouch
My Imaginary Country
My Imaginary Country
2022 · Patricio Guzmán
Kino-Pravda No. 11
Kino-Pravda No. 11
1922 · Dziga Vertov
Schizopolis
Schizopolis
1996 · Steven Soderbergh
Flavia the Heretic
Flavia the Heretic
1974 · Gianfranco Mingozzi
Meet John Doe
Meet John Doe
1941 · Frank Capra
Occupied City
Occupied City
2023 · Steve McQueen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Buñuel Spain

His surrealist films systematically subvert religious dogma and institutional authority, treating heresy as liberation from oppressive moral structures.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His works interrogate Christian doctrine and bourgeois morality as forms of ideological control, positioning transgression as spiritual and political resistance.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His metaphysical films explore faith, doubt, and spiritual dissent through meditative narratives that challenge orthodox religious and ideological certainties.