RT Article
T1 Reality and Paternity in the Cinema of the Dardennes
JF Journal for religion, film and media
VO 2
IS 2
SP 15
OP 32
A1 Guanzini, Isabella 1973-
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1564062015
AB The Dardennes’ filmic production aims at restoring the missing link between human beings and the world that have been progressively undermined during the ultimate development of late-capitalist society. This contribution deals with their search for a new contact with reality and a concrete belief in the world, focusing on the theme of body and paternity, in the epoch of their evaporation. In order to rethink the paternal function in a post-political and post-ideological age, however, the Dardennes have had to radically come to terms with its ambiguity and oscillation between abandon and adoption, self-preservation and transmission, forgiveness and revenge. With regard to this ambivalence, this contribution focuses on The Promise and The Son, which represent significant descriptions of what (the body of) a father is capable of, suggesting, at the same time, interruption and filiation as possible experiences for a new beginning.
K1 Belief
K1 Dardennes
K1 Immanence
K1 interruption
K1 paternal function
DO 10.25364/05.2:2016.2.2