THEME EXPLORATION

childhood displacement

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
My Life as a Dog
My Life as a Dog
1985 · Lasse Hallström
Eight
Eight
1998 · Stephen Daldry
After the Winter
After the Winter
2021 · Ivan Bakrač
Xoftex
Xoftex
2024 · Noaz Deshe
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His films like 'A Time to Live and a Time to Die' and 'The Assassin' explore displacement, memory, and the loss of childhood innocence through poetic visual storytelling.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films such as 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' powerfully depict working-class children displaced by economic hardship and systemic injustice.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like 'Nobody Knows' and 'Shoplifters' tenderly examine displaced and vulnerable children navigating fractured families and urban marginalization.