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Friday, January 21, 2011
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spiritual. The magazine "Cahiers du Cinema" in the edition of Spain devoted its cover to this movie and several articles on this phenomenon. So Angel Quintana, adding that "the monks of Tibhirine, in this movie, can not transform things in a world altered by fanaticism. His sacrifice is an act of kindness and consistency. Beauvois, and Rosellini, makes no show, is limited filming the consistency of the gestures of beings who believe in an afterlife placed outside of history. His decision does not need any heroic dimension to become exemplary. Its strength is also of humility ". In a similar direction José Enrique Morente said: "The virtues of gods and men is not so much historical value in its balance as the very basis of his account and the ability of abstraction that allows us to reflect, but be moved by the vicissitudes of men undoubtedly good. "In an interview with the French director Xavier Beauvois said referring to the monks of his film characters" are men who are not in the area of \u200b\u200bcommitment or tradition. Freeman, monks with a pair of balls. "Strange and surprising indeed this way of referring to the faith that has managed to express in your images.
The phenomenon clearly points in a culture. The spiritual and religious emerges a new way, constantly increasing in the search for 
In an article by Peter Vallin for La Vanguardia (January 16, 2010) mentions that "the fact is that progressive social secularization and the gradual abandonment of religious habits have not done away with the issue of man's relationship with transcendence as an excuse for fiction film "And he notes, also of that premiere, and made of Uncle
remember their past lives of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, The Way of Emilio Estevez and the recent Letters to father Jacob by Klaus Haro and the upcoming release of Thérèse with nearly twenty years late. Concludes that "In this new century survive the viewer questions that go beyond the possibilities of science to give certainties, and concerns about death and its meanings continue to feed the cinemas, though the temples empty platform."
interesting thing about these contributions is that an acknowledgment made in this case unavoidable seeing the billboard. spiritual cinema has a loyal audience seeking reflection, narrative testimony and deeper meaning. The stories and images about religious experience is multiplied. The directors and writers come to the religious traditions in their contents, characters and symbols. The question and the presence of God, the Unseen, are naturally and immediately. Properly 
among us has recently entered this phenomenon is massive in world cinema. Some experimental and original proposals such as Albert Serra, Bear in mind
"Birdsong" ( 2008) or in a more commercial film processing an instance of religious ethics and sense, it suggests in
"Also the rain" (2011) of Icíar Bollaín. However, the trend begins to sign up. The news is then that strengthens the spiritual cinema as a space for dialogue between faith and culture. The old search for God is reflected today in news stories that are a visual output to a need that science or philosophy seems to be mostly a deaf ear. There is a deep desire that springs first to raise questions and later searching for answers. At this time we must be vigilant. Where you least expect it displays hidden grace outbreaks. Do not lose the chance to accompany them to see them grow.
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