List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Mia Hansen-Løve, Transnational Auteur; 1: Fracture familiale; 2: Vulnerable People; 3: Adversity and Resilience: The Post-Secular Ethic of Vocation; 4: Candid Camera, or an Aesthetic of Transcendence; 5: Lost In Music; 6. The Rivers of Time; Conclusion: Contemporaneity and the Ethic of Transcendence; Bibliography; Filmography; Index