Movies and TvShows featuring "washing-a-dead-body" theme.

In Silent Souls, a man named Miron and his friend Aist embark on a journey to the Nizhny Novgorod region in Russia to fulfill an ancient Merjan custom. Miron's wife, Tanya, has recently died, and according to tradition, her body must be prepared and taken to a sacred lake for cremation. Along the way, Miron reminisces about his marriage and reveals the intimate details of their relationship. As they reach their destination, Miron and Aist perform a poetic and ritualistic ceremony for Tanya, bidding her farewell and finding closure in their grief.

Snippets of a family drama involving a rebellious son coming to his depressing home village, his father, and a jaded ex-lover, mixed with various surrealist scenes and statements about sin.

Sofiane, the son of a former Algerian diplomat, has travelled a lot. Having moved to Lyon for his studies, he is the victim of an administrative decision and lives under constant threat of deportation. In the hope of regularising his situation, he agrees to work for a Muslim funeral parlour. Between parties, encounters and his job, Sofiane finds himself on a journey of initiation that will lead him to build his own identity and gradually move towards adulthood.

Martyr follows the journey of a man dealing with the death of his friend while navigating the complexities of friendship, grief, and homoerotic innuendos in the backdrop of Beirut, Lebanon. The story explores themes of love, loss, and the struggle for identity in a society filled with turmoil and cultural taboos.