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.
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the ...
When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-centu...
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California ...
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, El...
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a re...
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unh...
A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.
Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man...
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each wo...
A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It ...
A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband...
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo hel...
Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down...
Bored and restless, Alice spends much of her time lusting after Jim, a local sawmill worker. When no...
Ben Holmes, a professional book-jacket blurbologist, is trying to get to Savannah for his wedding. H...
1930s, in the highlands of Jalisco. Emilia, a teenager, silently lives her sexual awakening with her...
Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister ...