A Hidden Life: Malick's Requiem

• Main Author: Alberto Fijo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-05-01
• Series: Church, Communication and Culture
• Subjects: martyr; cathedral; nazism; auto sacramental; liturgy; requiem
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2020.1765695

The analysis of the narrative strategies in the writing of the script and in the formal finishing of the film A Hidden Life, the tenth feature film by the American director Terrence Malick, allows us to affirm that it is a work that is perfectly coherent with the thematic and stylistic evolution of this filmmaker, which has become more and more focused as a poetic symphony of hymnal character; celebrating that God fills the human being and the world with His Grace while always acknowledging the presence of the mystery of evil, which puts the freedom of the human being to the test to follow the Voice of God that sounds in the conscience.