THEME EXPLORATION

abandonment and loss

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Baby’s Shoe
A Baby’s Shoe
1909 · D.W. Griffith
La Mort en ce jardin
La Mort en ce jardin
1956 · Luis Buñuel
Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight
1957 · Yasujiro Ozu
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Big Hero 6
Big Hero 6
2014 · Chris Williams & Don Hall
Amour
Amour
2012 · Michael Haneke
Mein Vater, der Schauspieler
Mein Vater, der Schauspieler
1956 · Robert Siodmak
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films explore spiritual desolation and the loss of meaning through meditative long takes and isolated characters adrift in vast, indifferent landscapes.

 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan

He portrays urban isolation and the erosion of human connection with deadpan precision, capturing characters abandoned by society in decaying spaces and fractured relationships.