Into Great Silence (2005), Thérèse (1986), Nazarín (1959), Babette's Feast (1987), Mother Joan of the Angels (1961), Last Days in the Desert (2015), Summer and Smoke (1961), The Monk (2011) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Asceticism movies.
Storyline: Filmmaker Philip Gröning travels to the French Alps to document the daily lives and rituals of the Carthusian Order of monks.
Plot Keywords: documentary, silence, christianity, france, meditation, prayer, solitude ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this true story of a 19th-century nun who achieved sainthood, Thérèse Martin (Catherine Mouchet) hopes to follow in the footsteps of her two older sisters, who became members of the Carmelite order of nuns. Although the church resists initially because of her age, Thérèse stubbornly continues her quest to serve God, and even lobbies Pope Leo XIII (Armand Meppiel). Her wish is granted at age 15, when she joins the order and performs extraordinary works in a life abbreviated by illness.
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, historical, french, literary adaptation, female protagonist, 19th century ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a seedy, plague-ridden corner of turn-of-the-century Mexico, a pious priest, Nazarín (Francisco Rabal), takes in mentally ill Beatriz (Marga López) and her prostitute sister, Andara (Rita Macedo). At odds with the other members of his clergy, he decides to go on a religious journey with the two women, but manages to accidentally alienate or ruin almost everyone he meets. As Nazarín attempts to bring goodwill and faith to a decaying society, he's met with scorn, suspicion and persecution.
Plot Keywords: religion, morality, poverty, redemption, faith, humanity, social criticism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a remote 19th-century Danish village, two sisters lead a rigid life centered around their father, the local minister, and their church. Both had opportunities to leave the village: one could have married a young army officer and the other, a French opera singer. Their father objected in each case, and they spent their lives caring for him. Many years later - their father is now deceased - they take in French refugee, Babette Hersant, who agrees to work as their servant. After winning the lottery, Babette wants to repay the sisters for their kindness and offers to cook a French meal for them and their friends on the 100th anniversary of their father's birth. It proves to be an eye-opening experience for everyone.
Plot Keywords: art, religion, denmark, 19th century, faith, sacrifice, cultural clash ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Set in the 17th century. A convent in a small town is being visited by high-ranking Catholic official trying to exorcise the nun supposedly posessed by demons. A local priest have been burnt for creating this condition by sexual temptation of the nuns, especially the Mother superior who bring on the collective hysteria of the group. There is another young priest who is to help with the exorcism. His first meeting with the convent head, Mother Joanne of the Angels, has her seemingly posessed by Satan - she yells blasphemies and incites the priest. She begs the priest to save her and to help her to be a saint.—Polish Cinema Database <http://info.fuw.edu.pl/Filmy/>
Plot Keywords: religion, exorcism, history, polish cinema, black and white, psychological drama, faith ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: As he wanders in the desert, Jesus Christ (Ewan McGregor) tangles with Satan (also McGregor) for the souls of a nomad (Ciarán Hinds) and his family.
Plot Keywords: religion, faith, desert, bible, temptation, father-son relationship, solitude ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Since childhood, spinster Alma Winemiller has loved handsome young Dr. John Buchanan, Jr.. But John has fallen hard for Rosa Zacharias, the town's sultry vamp, and descends into a seamy nightlife while ignoring Alma's dreams of romance and possible marriage.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, literary adaptation, psychological conflict, moral dilemma, loneliness, desire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A virtuous monk (Vincent Cassel) descends to the depths of sin and depravity after Satan sends an unholy temptress (Déborah François) to lead him astray.
Plot Keywords: horror, mystery, thriller, religious, supernatural, dark, medieval ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older stranger arrives, recognized by Hester but unknown to others as her missing husband. He poses as Chillingworth, a doctor, watching Hester and searching out the identity of her lover. His eye soon rests on Dimmesdale, a young overwrought pastor. Enmity grows between the two men; Chillingworth applies psychological pressure, and the pastor begins to crack. A ship stops in Salem, and Hester sees it as a providential refuge for her daughter, herself, and her lover. But will Dimmesdale flee with her?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: drama, historical, romance, american, adaptation, novel-based, morality ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne (Lisbeth Movin), whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne's older but kindly husband, Pastor Absalon (Thorkild Roose) saved her mother -- but now, urged on by his overbearing mother, he refuses to help Marte. When Absalon's son returns home and is attracted to Anne, it's a matter of time before her family destiny catches up with her.
Plot Keywords: drama, thriller, historical, religious, moral dilemma, danish film, black and white ...
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