Maja Borg, a film artist who escaped a destructive relationship, investigates two ritual practices: Christianity and BDSM. At first glance, the two could not be more dissimilar, but perhaps there is a spiritual kinship between religion and subculture in terms of their healing power. Borg confronts herself and her deeply personal traumas in a dark and theatrical form, while also exploring the European queer scene and Northern European Christian heritage to rediscover her own core. In 'Passion,' passion and suffering are two sides of the same complex case, with transcendental imagers bringing literary and cinematic traditions together in a ceremonial whole. However, the abstractions add a human depth to the film's encounters, in which Borg is challenged in both body and soul. And perhaps it is precisely this humanity that connects theology and BDSM on an emotional and possibly even spiritual level.
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Maja Borg, a film artist who escaped a destructive relationship, investigates two ritual practices: Christianity and BDSM. At first glance, the two could not be more dissimilar, but perhaps there is a spiritual kinship between religion and subculture in terms of their healing power. Borg confronts herself and her deeply personal traumas in a dark and theatrical form, while also exploring the European queer scene and Northern European Christian heritage to rediscover her own core. In 'Passion,' passion and suffering are two sides of the same complex case, with transcendental imagers bringing literary and cinematic traditions together in a ceremonial whole. However, the abstractions add a human depth to the film's encounters, in which Borg is challenged in both body and soul. And perhaps it is precisely this humanity that connects theology and BDSM on an emotional and possibly even spiritual level.
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