career debt

His films like 'Another Year' and 'Career Girls' examine how personal sacrifices and compromises accumulate over a lifetime, trapping characters in cycles of unfulfilled ambition.

His social realist works such as 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' directly confront how systemic pressures force individuals into debt-driven lives and emotional bankruptcy.

Films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' explore how economic desperation and moral compromises create invisible debts between family members and society.