Denmark 2018, 58/81 min, HDA Fenris Film & Multimedia Aps Production
by Jens Loftager
Faith
Contrasting cultures on faith and personal identity: Danish confirmation students and Japanese Buddhists who reflect upon being members of the sect behind a terrorist attack in Tokyo, in a philosophical film about religious faith.Two widely different images of religious faith create a contrasting and thought-provoking totality. The Danish priest Karsten plays music to his confirmation pupils and leads them into philosophical reflections to help them trust in who they are; three Japanese Buddhists, who never had that opportunity are thinking back on their lost youth as members of the religious group Aum which committed a terrorist attack in Tokyo in 1995.
Across different stages of life and cultures, 'Faith' explores how religious faith can both make us fit for life and able to understand ourselves better, but also push us to make extreme choices, which we will later regret and find difficult to live with.
The film is the last part of Loftager's trilogy, which started with 'Words' (1994) and continued with 'War' (2003).
CPH:DOX (World Premiere)