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Female Christ-figures in Films: A Feminist Critical Analysis of ‘Breaking the Waves’ and ‘Dead Man Walking’

Jan 2020

Bess in Breaking the Waves (1996) and Sister Helen in Dead Man Walking (1995) have often been interpreted as Christ-figures. By taking a closer look at these two women‘s stories I question on both feminist and theological grounds what constitutes a true female Christ-figure in films.


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