THEME EXPLORATION

initiation ceremony

12 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Une sortie de novices de Sakpata
Une sortie de novices de Sakpata
1958 · Jean Rouch
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
As the Bells Rang Out
As the Bells Rang Out
1910 · D.W. Griffith
A Wedding
A Wedding
1978 · Robert Altman
The Princess Gohime
The Princess Gohime
1992 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Le Sacre d’Edouard VII
Le Sacre d’Edouard VII
1902 · Georges Méliès
Sarajevo
Sarajevo
1940 · Max Ophuls
[REC]³ Genesis
[REC]³ Genesis
2012 · Paco Plaza
Anatomy
Anatomy
2000 · Stefan Ruzowitzky
Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween
Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween
2022 · Susumu Mitsunaka
Taish
Taish
2020 · Bejoy Nambiar
The Wound
The Wound
2017 · John Trengove
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His films like 'Salò' and 'Canterbury Tales' ritualize transgression and initiation into forbidden knowledge through elaborate symbolic ceremonies.

 Ari Aster USA

His films 'Midsommar' and 'Hereditary' center on protagonists undergoing disturbing ceremonial initiations into occult and supernatural realms.

 Claire Denis France

Her film 'Trouble Every Day' and 'High Life' explore initiation through sensory experience, violence, and the crossing of physical and psychological thresholds.