Words with Gods (2014)
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.
Directors:
Guillermo Arriaga, Mira Nair, Héctor Babenco, Álex de la Iglesia, Hideo Nakata, Emir Kusturica, Warwick Thornton, Amos Gitai, Bahman Ghobadi.
Writers:
Zoya Akhtar, Bahman Ghobadi.
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Miranda Tapsell as Woman (ep. "True Gods") |
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Chico Diaz as The Man (ep. "The Man Who Stole a Duck") |
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Tanuja Samarth as Leela (ep. "God Room") |
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Masatoshi Nagase as (ep. "Sufferings") |
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Yaël Abecassis as (ep. "The Book of Amos") |
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Zohar Shtrauss as (ep. "The Book of Amos") |
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Sarai Givaty as (ep. "The Book of Amos") |
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Juan Fernández as The Killer (ep. "The Confession") |
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Pepón Nieto as Cab Driver (ep. "The Confession") |
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Paco Sagarzazu as Old Man (ep. "The Confession") |
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Emir Kusturica as Monk (ep. "Our Life") |
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Yılmaz Erdoğan as (ep. "Sometimes Look Up - Kaboki") |
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Demián Bichir as Son (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios") |
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Emilio Echevarría as Father (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios") |
| Directing | Guillermo Arriaga | Director |
| Writing | Warwick Thornton | Writer |
| Directing | Mira Nair | Director |
| Production | Lucas Akoskin | Producer |
| Writing | Héctor Babenco | Writer |
| Writing | Amos Gitai | Writer |
| Directing | Héctor Babenco | Director |
| Directing | Álex de la Iglesia | Director |
| Production | Guillermo Arriaga | Producer |
| Writing | Emir Kusturica | Writer |
| Sound | Peter Gabriel | Music |
| Writing | Hideo Nakata | Writer |
| Writing | Jorge Guerricaechevarría | Writer |
| Writing | Dunja Kusturica | Writer |
| Directing | Hideo Nakata | Director |
| Directing | Emir Kusturica | Director |
| Directing | Warwick Thornton | Director |
| Writing | Álex de la Iglesia | Writer |
| Directing | Amos Gitai | Director |
| Directing | Bahman Ghobadi | Director |
| Camera | Shanker Raman | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Kiko de la Rica | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Martin Šec | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Warwick Thornton | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Giora Bejach | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Igor Martinović | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Guillermo Arriaga | Writer |
| Camera | Sergio Yazbek | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Adrian Teijido | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Tetsuro Sano | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Reema Kagti | Writer |
| Production | Alex García | Producer |
| Writing | Zoya Akhtar | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bahman Ghobadi | Screenplay |
| Art | Daran Fulham | Production Design |