Released:
2014-11-20

Overview:
The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as it relates to an individual's relationship with his/her god or gods...or the lack thereof. In Words with Gods, each director recounts a narrative centered around human fragility, as well as environmental and cultural crises involving specific religions with which each has a personal relationship; including early Aboriginal Spirituality, Umbanda, Buddhism, the Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, and Atheism. An animated sequence by Mexican animator Maribel Martinez is woven through each of the film segments, with each segment narratively connected as a feature-length film.

Directors:
Guillermo Arriaga, Mira Nair, Héctor Babenco, Álex de la Iglesia, Hideo Nakata, Emir Kusturica, Warwick Thornton, Amos Gitai, Bahman Ghobadi

Runtime:
2h 13min

Genre:
Drama, Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  Miranda Tapsell
  as
  Woman (ep. "True Gods")
• 
  Chico Diaz
  as
  The Man (ep. "The Man Who Stole a Duck")
• 
  Tanuja Samarth
  as
  Leela (ep. "God Room")
• 
  Masatoshi Nagase
  as
  (ep. "Sufferings")
• 
  Yaël Abecassis
  as
  (ep. "The Book of Amos")