Twentieth session of Carta Branca to Luis Miguel Cintra, a series of films, talks, and conferences accompanying the exhibition Luis Miguel Cintra - Pequeno Teatro do Mundo. This session will feature a screening of Carl Theodor Dreyer's "Ordet" (1955).

JAN 25 | SUN | 5:00 PM

ORDET

Carl Theodor Dreyer | DEN | 1955 | 126'

The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have very different religious beliefs. The youngest son, Anders, shares his father's religion, but the eldest son, Mikkel, has lost his faith, while the middle son, Johannes, has become delusional and proclaims himself to be Jesus Christ. When Mikkel's wife, Inger, experiences a difficult childbirth, everyone's beliefs are put to the test, and no easy answers are provided. Faith is central to Dreyer's work ("Ordet" is based on a play by Kaj Munk, himself a Lutheran pastor). After "The Passion of Joan of Arc" and "Day of Wrath", "Ordet" is one of the high points of cinematic modernism."