Words with Gods (2014)
Overview
The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as it relates to an individual's relationship with his/her god or gods...or the lack thereof. In Words with Gods, each director recounts a narrative centered around human fragility, as well as environmental and cultural crises involving specific religions with which each has a personal relationship; including early Aboriginal Spirituality, Umbanda, Buddhism, the Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, and Atheism. An animated sequence by Mexican animator Maribel Martinez is woven through each of the film segments, with each segment narratively connected as a feature-length film.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 4.76 |
Directed By
Guillermo Arriaga
Héctor Babenco
Bahman Ghobadi
Amos Gitai
Emir Kusturica
Mira Nair
Hideo Nakata
Warwick Thornton
Álex de la Iglesia
Crew
Guillermo Arriaga
Héctor Babenco
Bahman Ghobadi
Amos Gitai
Emir Kusturica
Mira Nair
Hideo Nakata
Warwick Thornton
Álex de la Iglesia
Lucas Akoskin
Guillermo Arriaga
Peter Gabriel
Warwick Thornton
Héctor Babenco
Hideo Nakata
Amos Gitai
Álex de la Iglesia
Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Emir Kusturica
Dunja Kusturica
Guillermo Arriaga
Warwick Thornton
Adrian Teijido
Shanker Raman
Tetsuro Sano
Giora Bejach
Kiko de la Rica
Martin Šec
Igor Martinović
Sergio Yazbek
Reema Kagti
Alex García
Zoya Akhtar
Bahman Ghobadi
TOP CAST
Miranda Tapsell
Woman (ep. "True Gods")
Chico Diaz
The Man (ep. "The Man Who Stole a Duck")
Tanuja Samarth
Leela (ep. "God Room")
Masatoshi Nagase
(ep. "Sufferings")
Yaël Abecassis
(ep. "The Book of Amos")
Zohar Shtrauss
(ep. "The Book of Amos")
Sarai Givaty
(ep. "The Book of Amos")
Juan Fernández
The Killer (ep. "The Confession")
Pepón Nieto
Cab Driver (ep. "The Confession")
Paco Sagarzazu
Old Man (ep. "The Confession")
Emir Kusturica
Monk (ep. "Our Life")
Yılmaz Erdoğan
(ep. "Sometimes Look Up - Kaboki")
Demián Bichir
Son (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios")
Emilio Echevarría
Father (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios")
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