Stomach Ache At Night

located in the Middle Ages. MECCA Survey

- The Passion of Joan of Arc ( La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc , 1928) by Carl Theodor Dreyer .

France, year 1431. Joan of Arc, French heroine facing young English enemy, is subjected to an inquisitorial process by stating that their actions are inspired by the voice of God.

artwork which gives Dreyer staging ascetic and abstract as a vehicle to show both the triumph of the soul over the flesh, like the image on the floor.

- Alexander Nevsky (idem, 1938) of Sergei M. Eisenstein.

Russia, XIII century. The Russian people, weary of Mughal pressure, to instruct the prince Alexander Nevsky to cope with the feared Teutonic enemy.

One of the indisputable masterpieces of its author. The sequence of the battle on the frozen lake, articulated through the assembly virtuoso Eisensteinian and orchestrated by the portentous score by Prokofiev, remains one of the top movies of all time.

- Macbeth (idem, 1948) by Orson Welles.

Scotland, XI century. After returning from a battle, the knight Macbeth meets three witches who prophesy that eventually becomes king.

first of the three adaptations of Shakespeare performed by the author of Citizen Kane . With an expressionistic staging and clear resonances Eisensteinian, Welles gives us one of his most experimental and more expressive.

- The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet, 1957) by Ingmar Bergman.

Sweden, XIV century. The knight Antonius Block returns from the Holy Land with his faithful squire , meeting a country devastated by the Black Death and the fear of the coming of Judgement Day.

existential anguish and deep reflection with which Bergman was consolidated as an exceptional filmmaker. The attraction of many of his pictures have become an icon of European cinema of all time.

- The Virgin Spring ( Jungfrukällan , 1960) by Ingmar Bergman.

Sweden, XIV century. Karin, the young daughter of King Töre, decides to cross the forest and bring the offering of candles at the altar of the Virgin. On the road you will find three pastors of dark intentions ...

The Swedish master, this time inspired by the way of the samurai films of Kurosawa, gives us a sweeping tale of revenge on the living love and hate, innocence and cruelty, purity and imperfection, Christianity and pagan rites ... Magistral from beginning to end.

- Chimes at Midnight ( Chimes at Midnight , 1965) by Orson Welles.

England XV century. Prince Hal, the future Henry V, spends every day engaged in vacuous carefree entertainment and political issues with his partner of revelry, the old Falstaff.

De Welles made adaptations of Shakespeare texts, Chimes at Midnight is probably the most personal of all. Freely adapted several works of English author ( Henry IV, Henry V , The Merry Wives of Windsor and Richard II), and it contains one of the most brilliant sequences of all his work, as is the the foggy battle in the mud, in addition to one of the most fascinating films Wellesian: the plump and lush Falstaff, with which the actual Welles, who plays him, holds more than a parallel.

- Andrei Rublev ( Andrey Rublyov , 1966) by Andrei Tarkovsky.

Russia, XV century. Andrei Rublev, a monk painter of icons, leave the monastery and came into contact with a cruel and violent world that will make you reflect on the meaning of its existence and its role as an artist. Major Works

Tarkovsky. Monumental history of medieval Russia which is one of the most beautiful films, dense, deep the history of cinema. Your vision should be scheduled periodically in all the world's museums to show how far the art when it reaches its peak.

- Marketa Lazarová (idem, 1967) Frantisek Vláčil.

Bohemia, XIII century. Two extended families face after the abduction and rape of the daughter of one of them by members of the other. Nobody should miss

historical tapes Czech filmmaker Frantisek Vláčil, author of a visual talent undeniable. With influences Bergman, Kurosawa and Tarkovsky; Lazarová Marketa is shown as a historical poem that reflects the bitter struggle between two minds: the Christian and pagan. In 1998 he was voted best Czech film history.

- The valley of the bees ( Údolí VCEL , 1968) Frantisek Vláčil.

Prussian Baltic region, the Middle Ages. Ondrej is a young lover of bees that are brought to the new wife of his father, the lord of Vlkov, a girl who's almost his age and that gives a basket filled with petals that lurks beneath bats. Such action will load his father violently against him, being about to take his life. Remorse for his cruelty, the lord of Vlkov promise before the image of a virgin to consecrate her son's life to God if not finally dies. Ondrej is why eventually sink into the Order of the Knights of Cross, in which a crusader named Armin will take care of their education. Drama

mystic of great beauty and lyricism in which Vláčil again delve into the differences between Christianity and paganism, between spirit and flesh. A powerful masterpiece.

- King Lear (Korol Lir , 1971) by Grigori Kozintsev.

Middle Ages, unspecified century. The old King Lear, weary of operating the power, decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters.

King Lear is with Hamlet (1964), Kozintsev also the best film adaptation of a William Shakespeare play. A sober and earthy tragedy stands as one of the peaks of the Soviet cinema of all time.