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Faith is pushed to its limits, where the spiritual, supernatural and physical forces face the mere mortal human, questioning and critiquing the concept and formalities of life. In rural Denmark, a family consisting of three sons, who each possess their own individual beliefs, is tested when the matriarch of the household experiences life-threatening difficulties during childbirth. Carl Theodor Dreyer, with cinematic transcendentalism at the helm, directs an affective yet hypnotic work, signifying the pressures, both internal and external, that faith-based living has on our consciousness. Minimalist yet expansive, emotionally and theoretically, Ordet is a cinematic humanistic triumph, challenging the human condition and its responses, where Dreyer's directorial sensitivity, from camera to performance, evokes such poetic tensions, fragilities, and realisations faced by humans.

PG | Mild themes