{"id":98347,"date":"2024-07-05T21:48:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T04:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=98347"},"modified":"2024-07-08T19:17:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T02:17:02","slug":"milky-way-the-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=98347","title":{"rendered":"Milky Way, The (1969)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;My hatred of science and my loathing of technology will one day lead me to this absurd belief in God.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Poster-Bunuel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Poster-Bunuel-212x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-98348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Poster-Bunuel-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Poster-Bunuel-90x128.png 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Poster-Bunuel-191x270.png 191w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Poster-Bunuel.png 659w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs French pilgrims Pierre (Paul Frankeur) and Jean (Laurent Terzieff) travel across historical eras from Paris to the holy site of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, they encounter a variety of individuals debating and\/or living out Christian theology.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christianity<\/li>\n<li>Delphine Seyrig Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Luis Bunuel Films<\/li>\n<li>Road Trip<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing the success of <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71515\"><em>Belle du Jour<\/em> (1967)<\/a>, Luis Bunuel made this more personal film &#8212; the beginning of what he referred to as his &#8220;trilogy of truth,&#8221; followed by <em>The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie<\/em> (1972) and <em>The Phantom of Liberty<\/em> (1974). As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/610-the-milky-way-the-heretics-progress\">Carlos Fuentes writes in his essay for Criterion<\/a>, the movie represents a &#8220;filmic space-time continuum&#8221; in which the lead characters seamlessly move between different eras during their journey, beginning with modern times as they encounter a mysterious prophet in a black cape (Alain Cuny): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Black-Cape.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Black-Cape.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Black-Cape.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Black-Cape-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Black-Cape-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Black-Cape-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Black-Cape-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and hopping back and forth between biblical and medieval eras (thus prompting some to note the film&#8217;s clear influence on Monty Python). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Inquisitor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Inquisitor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Inquisitor.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Inquisitor-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Inquisitor-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Inquisitor-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Inquisitor-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/611-the-milky-way-easy-striders\">a different article for Criterion, Mark Polizzotti<\/a> provides a nice overview of the film&#8217;s Christian themes, noting: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230; it is devoted to the six primary mysteries of the faith and to the objections (or heresies, depending on your view) they have inspired. These are: the dual nature of Christ (man or divinity?), the three-in-one nature of the Holy Trinity, the Immaculate Conception, transubstantiation (is the host literally Christ\u2019s body or only a metaphor?), the concept of free will, and the existence of evil (if God is omnipotent, how could he allow sin and temptation?).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Given this focus, the hitch-hikers first land at an inn where a policeman (Claude Cerval) and a priest (Fran\u00e7ois Maistre) are debating &#8212; naturally; why not? &#8212; transubstantiation, before the priest is hauled away by men in white to a mental institution. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Debate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Debate.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Debate.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Debate-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Debate-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Debate-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Debate-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From there, Jean and Pierre encounter a host of historically diverse characters, including the Virgin Mary (Edith Scob): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Scob.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Scob.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Scob.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Scob-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Scob-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Scob-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Scob-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Jesus Chris (Bernard Verley) and his followers: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Jesus2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Jesus2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Jesus2.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Jesus2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Jesus2-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Jesus2-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Jesus2-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; nuns following <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jansenism\">Jansenism<\/a> (a French Catholic movement &#8220;which arose as an attempt to reconcile the theological concepts of free will and divine grace&#8221;): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Nuns.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Nuns.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Nuns.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Nuns-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Nuns-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Nuns-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Nuns-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; a rock star-ish angel of death (Pierre Cl\u00e9menti): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Angel-of-Death.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Angel-of-Death.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Angel-of-Death.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Angel-of-Death-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Angel-of-Death-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Angel-of-Death-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Angel-of-Death-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; the Whore of Babylon (Delphine Seyrig): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Whore-of-Babylon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Whore-of-Babylon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Whore-of-Babylon.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Whore-of-Babylon-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Whore-of-Babylon-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Whore-of-Babylon-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Whore-of-Babylon-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the Marquis de Sade (Michel Piccoli), who seems to appear in the film simply to state the following: <em>&#8220;There is no God. All religions are based on a false premise, Therese &#8212; the necessity of God the creator. But this creator does not exist. All religions bear the emblem of imposture and stupidity. But if one especially deserves our contempt and hatred, it is the barbarous laws of Christianity&#8221;<\/em> (all said as we see faithful &#8216;Therese&#8217; [Christine Simon] literally shackled).  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Piccoli.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Piccoli.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Piccoli.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Piccoli-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Piccoli-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Piccoli-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Piccoli-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also witness a gathering of a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Priscillianism\">Priscillianist<\/a> sect preaching the belief in dualism (i.e., humans strive towards the Kingdom of Light but we are trapped by our earthly bodies):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Priscillian-Sect.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Priscillian-Sect.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Priscillian-Sect.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Priscillian-Sect-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Priscillian-Sect-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Priscillian-Sect-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Priscillian-Sect-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; a performance by girls at a boarding school who explain and describe the various heresies as &#8220;anathema&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Boarding-School.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Boarding-School.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Boarding-School.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Boarding-School-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Boarding-School-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Boarding-School-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Boarding-School-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; a duel between a Jansenist (Jean Piat) and a Jesuit (Georges Marchal) over <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Milky_Way_(1969_film)\">&#8220;predestination and irresistible grace for sinners&#8221;<\/a> (meant to satirically show that the truly faithful will literally put their lives on the line for what they believe):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Duel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Duel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Duel.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Duel-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Duel-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Duel-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Duel-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and a Spanish priest (Julien Guiomar) breaking the fourth wall &#8212; and a literal wall &#8212; as he first tells stories about the Virgin Mary, then counsels Jean and Pierre while they&#8217;re in their hotel rooms with uninvited guests. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Guiomar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Guiomar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Guiomar.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Guiomar-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Guiomar-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Guiomar-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Guiomar-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more &#8212; but the meandering &#8220;storyline&#8221; merits viewing rather than reading about if it sounds at all of interest to you. While I applaud Bunuel for deeply exploring interesting and contentious tenets of his faith, this film won&#8217;t be for all tastes. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> In case you were curious, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Milky_Way_(1969_film)\">according to Wikipedia<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The title of the film is taken from a popular name used for the Way of St. James, a route often traveled by religious pilgrims that stretched from northern Europe to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. This is where the remains of St. James were reputed to be buried.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine historical sets and costumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Christ-Meal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Christ-Meal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Christ-Meal.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Christ-Meal-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Christ-Meal-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Christ-Meal-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Milky-Way-Christ-Meal-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only for Bunuel fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0066534\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?id=ntpHAAAAIBAJ&#038;sjid=N4wDAAAAIBAJ&#038;pg=3616%2C1525952\">Village Voice Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/611-the-milky-way-easy-striders\">Criterion Essay (Mark Polizzotti)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/610-the-milky-way-the-heretics-progress\">Criterion Essay (Carlos Fuentes)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slantmagazine.com\/film\/the-milky-way\/\">Slant Review <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My hatred of science and my loathing of technology will one day lead me to this absurd belief in God.&#8221; Synopsis: As French pilgrims Pierre (Paul Frankeur) and Jean (Laurent Terzieff) travel across historical eras from Paris to the holy site of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, they encounter a variety of individuals debating and\/or living out Christian theology. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Christianity Delphine Seyrig Films Historical Drama Luis Bunuel Films Road Trip Satires and Spoofs Review: Following&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=98347\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98347"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98589,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98347\/revisions\/98589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}