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A five-minute-long take in one of this director’s films consists of two characters talking while sitting in front of a pond, beginning when a white-clad woman stands up from her spot next to a statue. That film by this director centers on a former opera singer who divorces her husband, but cannot leave with her new lover because he has a child with another woman. In a film by this director, a religious conflict between two patriarchs boils over when one implies that the potential (*) death of the other’s daughter-in-law would be positive if it inspired him to convert. In that film by this director, Mikkel and Inger’s young daughters are the only members of a family who believe Johannes’ contention that he is the second coming of Jesus. (10[1])For 10 points, Gertrud and Ordet were the last two films by what Danish director? ■END■

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