The Ethics of Refusal in Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life

Terrence Malick’s 2019 film A Hidden Life explores the ethical and political problem of refusal as an act and utterance of “not doing” violence and injustice that is expected. The film offers a nuanced and poetic depiction of Austrian peasant Franz Jägerstätter (1907–1943), who refused to give an oa...

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Main Authors: Marguerite La Caze, Magdalena Zolkos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Press 2025-02-01
Series:Film-Philosophy
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Online Access:https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/film.2025.0293
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