THEME EXPLORATION

aging and social abandonment

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Mean Girls
Mean Girls
2004 · Mark Waters
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Daadi Ki Shaadi
Daadi Ki Shaadi
2026 · Ashish R. Mohan
Indian Institute of Zombies
Indian Institute of Zombies
2026 · Gaganjeet Singh
The Plague
The Plague
2026 · Charlie Polinger
Chardikala
Chardikala
2026 · Amarjit Singh Saron
A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance
1973 · Tony Richardson
A Woman Like Satan
A Woman Like Satan
1958 · Julien Duvivier
Fraulein
Fraulein
1986 · Michael Haneke
Hurlevent
Hurlevent
1985 · Jacques Rivette
Il bidone
Il bidone
1955 · Federico Fellini
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Yasujirō Ozu Japan

His masterpieces like 'Tokyo Story' and 'An Autumn Afternoon' intimately chronicle the quiet desperation of aging parents confronting familial estrangement and irrelevance.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films such as 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Looking for Eric' expose how economic systems and bureaucracy abandon vulnerable elderly and marginalized individuals.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'After Life' and 'Like Father, Like Son' explore intergenerational disconnection and the existential loneliness of aging within fractured modern families.