The holy fool in European cinema

Birzache, Alina G.

The holy fool in European cinema [Texte imprimé] / by Alina G. Birzache - New York : Routledge, 2016 - 1 vol. (219 p.) ; 24 cm - Routledge studies in religion and film ; 6 .

Bibliogr. p. [205]-216

The Pauline holy fool and its successors? -- Speaking truth to power: the holy fool in Soviet and Russian cinema -- Holy fools in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky -- The suffering fool in French cinema -- The Bressonian holy fool -- The fool's challenge to reason in Danish cinema -- Idiocy as technique: the Dogme 95 movement -- Conclusion

978-1-138-12058-7

Holy fools in motion pictures Religion in motion pictures Motion pictures--Europe--History

791.43682