Passion
After getting out of a bad relationship, filmmaker Maja Borg looks at two rituals: Christianity and BDSM. At first glance, religion and subculture couldn't be more different, but maybe they have something in common when it comes to their ability to heal. Borg faces herself and her deep personal traumas in a dark and theatrical way while exploring the European queer scene and the Christian heritage of northern Europe to get back to her own core. In 'Passion,' passion and suffering are two sides of the same complicated case. The film's transcendental imagery brings together literary and film traditions into a ceremonial whole. But the abstractions give the film's meetings, in which Borg is tested in both body and soul, a sense of human depth. And maybe it's this sense of humanity that makes theology and BDSM connect on an emotional and maybe even spiritual level.
