The Image of Monks and the Monastic Community in the Latest Russian Cinematography
This article is an attempt to analyse how monastic communities are presented in the latest Russian cinematography. It is an issue that has not been well researched so far, because scholars tend to focus primarily on broadly understood religious films. Considering the achievements of the last 25 year...
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| description | This article is an attempt to analyse how monastic communities are presented in the latest Russian cinematography. It is an issue that has not been well researched so far, because scholars tend to focus primarily on broadly understood religious films. Considering the achievements of the last 25 years, two selected films were analysed in terms of the aforementioned themes, both at the level of visual and verbal representations, as well as at the level of interpretation. In addition, the attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church to individual visions of the artists was taken into account. The research results indicate that one can identify the most popular motifs in films about monastic life. Moreover, the monastery itself most often becomes a place of refuge and at the same time a place of transformation for the heroes. In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has had a significant impact on artists’ visions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-010016bad74044bba3a8b0cd3315bca22025-08-20T03:44:00ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442025-03-0116335110.3390/rel16030351The Image of Monks and the Monastic Community in the Latest Russian CinematographyJoanna Kozieł0Institute of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 20-950 Lublin, PolandThis article is an attempt to analyse how monastic communities are presented in the latest Russian cinematography. It is an issue that has not been well researched so far, because scholars tend to focus primarily on broadly understood religious films. Considering the achievements of the last 25 years, two selected films were analysed in terms of the aforementioned themes, both at the level of visual and verbal representations, as well as at the level of interpretation. In addition, the attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church to individual visions of the artists was taken into account. The research results indicate that one can identify the most popular motifs in films about monastic life. Moreover, the monastery itself most often becomes a place of refuge and at the same time a place of transformation for the heroes. In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has had a significant impact on artists’ visions.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/3/351monasticismcontemporary Russian cinemaRussian orthodox churchreligious seriesreligious film |
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