Movies and TvShows featuring "piety" theme.
Babette, a French gourmet cook, wins the lottery and spends all her winnings on a luxurious feast for the community of a small Danish village. As they enjoy the extravagant meal, the guests are transformed and their relationships are healed.
In Shaolin Mantis (1978), a man learns the deadly Praying Mantis style of kung fu to protect his people during the revolutionary times of the Qing Dynasty. As he undergoes a rite-of-passage and trains in Shaolin kung fu, he must infiltrate a group of fighters to fight for justice and bring about a surprise ending.
In ancient Rome, the twin brothers Romulus and Remus struggle with each other for power and control over the newly founded city. As the sons of the god Mars, they must navigate the treacherous world of politics, violence, and religion, leading to a tragic and violent end.
Silent Light tells the story of a Mennonite community in Mexico, where a farmer named Johan finds himself torn between his wife and his lover. The film explores themes of forbidden love, religious devotion, and the challenges of living in a close-knit community. With minimal dialogue and a slow, contemplative pace, Silent Light offers a deeply immersive and emotionally resonant experience.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a fictionalized biopic set in the 1840s in Surrey, England. Elizabeth Barrett, an invalid, lives a life of social isolation under the tyrannical rule of her father. She finds solace in her poetry and forms a forbidden romance with Robert Browning, a persistent suitor. The film explores their whirlwind courtship, their elopement to Italy, and the challenges they face due to societal and family expectations.
A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his shrewish wife to make the rounds of the rural South.
A peasant girl is abandoned by her fiancé after she has talked her father into giving her his land as a dowry.
Edge of Doom is a film noir crime drama that follows a man's descent into darkness as he deals with his crisis of conscience after being falsely accused of murder. Set in a tenement building, the story revolves around his interactions with various characters, including a priest, a widow, and a police detective, as he battles poverty and police harassment.
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judy's father. They live in some fictional undemocratic and repressive country, and tell us a story about their lives, mostly from Jack's point of view.
The story of Marie Ward, a religious woman from a devout, aristocratic Yorkshire Catholic family who lived between 1585 and 1645 and moved to St. Omer in Walloon France, where she joined the Order of St. Clare, later returning to England to found her own order and devote her life to helping others.
Li Ching plays one of three daughters, whose life is turned upside down when she discovers she is adopted. But things get even worse when she goes in search of her real mother. Finally, after almost a double tragedy, she realizes what so many knew all along: There's no place like home.
Set during the first Anglo-Boer War 1880-1881 details the events leading up to this final battle ending in one of the most humiliating defeats for Britain in history.
The 1960s in Masuria. Mikołaj Biesaga, seriously injured during the war, swore that if he survived, he would build a chapel to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Years passed, and the "miraculously saved" person did not keep his promise. Now feeling that it is probably time to die, he decides to fulfill his obligations.
A film based on real events about the art of passing, goodness and mercy... The titular Little Brother is based on Alojzy Kosiba, "Alojzeczek" - a fundraiser and almoner who lived in the years 1855-1939. A monk approaching the end of his days wants to save a young boy's life before his earthly farewell.
An episode in the Life of Eugène Marais
During the Gulf War, Fatma works as a maid for a wealthy man, and her son Mohammed is suffering from oppression by his teacher Mansour, who's having an affair with Fatima, taking advantage of her difficult circumstances. Mohammad gets drawn to extremist religious world led by Sheikh Khalid.
The Visions of Dylan Bradley follows the story of a teenager named Dylan, whose life is turned upside down when he discovers a sexual predator in his community. In an effort to expose the predator, Dylan impersonates God and creates a series of visions to bring the truth to light. Along the way, he encounters challenges such as impaired vision, infatuation, and the complexities of teenage life. With the help of his widowed mother and the support of his friends, Dylan must navigate through these obstacles and seek justice for his community.
The document shows the staging of the Catholic Mystery of the Passion, which takes place every year in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska.
Mirele Efros, "the Jewish Queen Lear," was the masterpiece of Ukrainian-born Jacob Gordin, an enormously influential Yiddish playwright whose works sought to describe and promulgate the ethos of mentshlekhkeyt: the practice of honesty, decency, and devotion toward family and community. This sophisticated version of his stage classic faithfully recreates Jewish life in turn-of-the-century Grodno, Poland.