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THEME EXPLORATION

South American culture

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
Easy Rider
Easy Rider
1969 · Dennis Hopper
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
1976 · Robert Altman
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
Little Big Man
Little Big Man
1970 · Arthur Penn
Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Blues
1984 · Bertrand Tavernier
Moana: A Romance of the Golden Age
Moana: A Romance of the Golden Age
1926 · Robert Flaherty
The Exile
The Exile
1981 · Peter Greenaway
Electro show
Electro show
1966 · Patricio Guzmán
The Exile
The Exile
1947 · Max Ophuls
Olimpius Inferno
Olimpius Inferno
2009 · Igor Voloshin
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Llosa → Peru

Her visually poetic films deeply engage with indigenous Peruvian culture, Quechua traditions, and the complexities of South American identity and memory.

Carlos Reygadas → Mexico

Though Mexican, his films extensively explore Latin American spirituality, rural life, and cultural conflict with a distinctly South American philosophical perspective.

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