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THEME EXPLORATION

bourgeois society

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Spirit of ’45
The Spirit of ’45
2013 · Ken Loach
I ragazzi dei Parioli
I ragazzi dei Parioli
1959 · Sergio Corbucci
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Zootopia
Zootopia
2016 · Byron Howard & Rich Moore
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Her
Her
2013 · Spike Jonze
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Farewell My Concubine
Farewell My Concubine
1993 · Chen Kaige
Obituary for a Murderer
Obituary for a Murderer
1991 · Michael Haneke
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder → Germany

His films meticulously dissect the psychological and social structures of bourgeois life, exposing hypocrisy, materialism, and emotional dysfunction within middle-class relationships.

Luis Buñuel → Spain

His surrealist cinema relentlessly satirizes bourgeois values, pretension, and social conventions, using absurdism to critique class structures and capitalist society.

Jean-Luc Godard → Switzerland/France

His experimental films systematically deconstruct bourgeois narratives and consumer culture, interrogating capitalism, ideology, and the commodification of human relationships.

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