religious guilt

His films like 'The Seventh Seal' and 'Winter Light' obsessively interrogate faith, doubt, and the torment of religious conscience.

'There Will Be Blood' and 'The Master' explore how religious dogma and guilt manipulate human psychology and relationships.

His provocative works like 'Post Tenebras Lux' and 'Batalla en el Cielo' confront Catholic guilt, sin, and spiritual transgression with unflinching intensity.