특별강연을 위해 파리에 체류중이던 하버드대 기호학자 로버트 랭던(톰 행크스)은 깊은 밤 급박한 호출을 받는다. 루브르 박물관의 수석 큐레이터 자크 소니에르가 박물관 내에서 살해당한 시체로 발견된 것이다. 시체 주변에 가득한 이해할 수 없는 암호들… 그중 ‘P.S. 로버트 랭던을 찾아라’는 암호 때문에 살인누명까지 뒤집어쓴 랭던은 자크의 손녀이자 기호학자인 소피 느뷔(오드리 토투)와 함께 자크가 남긴 불가사의한 수수께끼를 풀어나가기 시작한다. 인류역사를 뒤바꿀 거대한 비밀이 벗겨지는 순간, 최초의 목격자는 당신이다! 랭던과 소피는 시시각각 좁혀오는 경찰 조직과 파슈 국장(장 르노)의 숨가쁜 포위망을 피하면서, ‘모나리자’, ‘암굴의 성모’ 등 천재화가 레오나르도 다 빈치의 작품들 속에 숨겨진 충격적인 비밀을 추적한다. 하지만 코드 속에 감춰진 실마리를 쫓아 진실에 접근할수록 비밀단체 시온 수도회가 지켜온 비밀을 지워버리려는 ‘오푸스 데이’의 추격은 더욱 격렬해지고, 마침내 두 사람은 인류 역사를 송두리째 뒤바꿀 거대한 비밀과 마주하게 되는데...
맘마 로마(안나 만냐니 분)는 포주인 카르미네(프랑코 시티 분) 밑에서 일하던 매춘부다. 카르미네가 결혼하여 시골로 내려가면서 잠시 자유를 찾은 맘마로마는 새로운 삶을 살기로 계획하고, 시장에서 과일과 야채 가게를 시작한다. 그리고, 그녀는 시골집에 맡겼던 16살 된 아들 에토레(에토레 가로폴로 분)를 데려와 함께 살게 된다. 최하층의 삶을 살고 있는 엄마는 아들만은 소시민의 환경에서 살게 되기를 바랬지만 카르미네는 다시 일하러 나오던지, 아니면 완전한 자유를 위해서는 200,000 리라의 몸값을 내라고 한다.
William Hart McNichols is a world renowned artist, heralded by Time magazine as "among the most famous creators of Christian iconic images in the world". As a young Catholic priest from 1983-1990 he was immersed in a life-altering journey working as a chaplain at St. Vincent's AIDS hospice in New York city. It was during this time that he became an early pioneer for LGBT rights within the Catholic church. "The Boy Who Found Gold" is a cinematic journey into the art and spirit of William Hart McNichols. The film follows his colorful life as he crosses paths with presidents, popes, martyrs, and parishioners, finding an insightful lesson with each encounter. McNichols' message as a priest, artist and man speaks to the most powerful element of the human spirit: Mercy.
A young painter comes to the monastery where he's supposed to paint Virgin Mary. There he meets and falls in love with a beautiful novice named Agripina, eventually modeling his artwork by her appearance. This gets him in trouble with the church canons and Mother Superior, and he leaves.
Wissam Charaf traces the recent history and identity of Lebanon through its political campaigns, PR imagery and pop videos.
Filmed In the heart of the mountainous villages of Greece and North Macedonia, the documentary follows a group of conservators of antiquities and works of art on their journey, with the goal of preserving Byzantine iconography. The dialogue between them and the hagiographers of the past comes to life.
Coming to a P.E hall near you, is another chapter in the sacred and sanguinary saga of Havoc in Highfields. When some average drifter by the name of “Turkey” thinks he can have a straightener with a manic Pigeon Fella in the yard after he took his hallowed Petits Filous, the enraged Pigeon Fella challenges him to a quarrel in the wastelands of Highfields. The stakes are sky piercingly high because this time, the champion will dethrone The High King of Highfields and shall have the force of the cavalry resting in his smiting hand.
A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the livelihood. An experiential film on neocolonial Philippines’ interpretation of Saints and Gods through many forms of rituals and iconographies, exposing wood as raw material that undergoes production processes before becoming a spiritual object of devotion. - A sculpture believed to have been imported in town during Spanish colonial conquest, locally known as Mahal na Señor Sepulcro, is celebrating its 500 years. Meanwhile, composed of non-actors, Senakulo re-enacts the sufferings and death of Jesus. As the local community yearly unites to commemorate the Passion of Christ, a laborious journey unfolds following local craftsmen in transforming blocks of wood into a larger than life Jesus crucified on a 12-ft cross.
How do we represent the ideas of gender? This short reflects about this topic, as we see an unidentified character, suited up, and with a paper bag over his head, walking down the hallway of its high school.