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THEME EXPLORATION

Eastern Europe

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
Jules and Jim
Jules and Jim
1962 · François Truffaut
Visions of Europe
Visions of Europe
2004 · Béla Tarr & Peter Greenaway
L'Abbé Constantin
L'Abbé Constantin
1925 · Julien Duvivier
Les Aventures d’Arsène Lupin
Les Aventures d’Arsène Lupin
1957 · Jacques Becker
The Fury
The Fury
1978 · Brian De Palma
8 ½ Women
8 ½ Women
1999 · Peter Greenaway
La vie nouvelle
La vie nouvelle
2002 · Philippe Grandrieux
Assassin's Bullet
Assassin's Bullet
2012 · Isaac Florentine
Crazy Six
Crazy Six
1997 · Albert Pyun
Rock Monster
Rock Monster
2008 · Declan O'Brien
The Blue Note
The Blue Note
1991 · Andrzej Żuławski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His philosophical films explore the spiritual and existential struggles of Eastern European and Russian consciousness through meditative visual poetry.

Krzysztof Kieślowski → Poland

His works document Poland's transition from communism to democracy while exploring moral ambiguity and interconnected human fates in Eastern European society.

Béla Tarr → Hungary

His bleak, poetic films capture the decay and despair of post-communist Eastern Europe through hypnotic black-and-white cinematography and allegory.

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