mourning ritual

11 movies and shows

Shiva Baby

Fri, 26 Mar 2021

College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.

Damian, grieving his girlfriend's death, travels through Mexico seeking solace. Along the way, he connects with strangers and witnesses their coping rituals, finding a path through his own memories and regrets.

Rhapsody in August

Sat, 25 May 1991

An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.

Almost a Kiss

Tue, 05 Apr 2022

A young woman crosses a confined provincial town and its outskirts. Once at her destination, a strange mourning protocol awaits her.

Minghun

Fri, 29 Nov 2024

After the loss of his daughter, Jurek, together with his father-in-law Ben, decides to perform the Chinese minghun ritual.

Sethum Aayiram Pon

Wed, 08 May 2019

Meeting after many years, a makeup artist and her grandmother revisit tensions from an old family feud that still hangs heavy between them.

Silence de Septembre (Chapitre 2) ou Quelques jours d'été d'après Chabouté

Tue, 25 Jan 2005

Second chapter of a trilogy of short films about the emotions arising from the five stages of grief. Here, "Bargaining."

Dixieland (Chapitre 1)

Sat, 11 Sep 2004

First chapter of a trilogy of short films about the emotions arising from the five stages of grief. Here, "Denial" and "Anger."

M. (Chapitre 3) Director's Cut

Sat, 05 May 2018

Mycelium

Mon, 23 May 2022

An ant colony finds that the strange new food source they've discovered may be something more of a curse than a boon.

Gjama

Fri, 08 Oct 2021

“Gjama” is a rarely practiced mourning ritual that was performed by Albanian men throughout the centuries. By shouting specific phrases and acting out a strict choreography, it is a way of paying respect to the deceased but also overcoming grief and pain over the loss of a loved one. Through the documentation of the re-enactment of the ritual, Zgjim Elshani seeks to recover fragments of the practice in the communities where this form of collective grieving is still a way of overcoming loss. By doing so, the project intends to rethink collective grieving and what it means to publicly display emotions in a male-headed society.