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Exilul sau izgonirea duhului sfânt
Exile or banishment of the holy spirit

Author(s): Mirona Tatu
Subject(s): Review, Eastern Orthodoxy, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: family; communication; adultery; abortion; crisis; confession; sacred; profanation; possessiveness;

Summary/Abstract: The absence of communication between spouses and the estrangement of man from God bring to a tragedy that disintegrates the family. It is the story of ”The Banishment”, a movie Andrey Zvyagintsev, built on several levels of meanings and symbols, leading to biblical references and deep Christian understandings. The aim of this study is to unravel the cinematographical language of the Russian film director, correlated with the Orthodox Christian spirituality, to which it subordinates according to the great tradition of Russian cinematograpy of Christian structure, from Andrey Tarkovski till nowadays.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 66-79
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Romanian