THEME EXPLORATION

childhood promises

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
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
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
The Miracle of Marcelino
The Miracle of Marcelino
1990 · Ladislao Vajda
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hayao Miyazaki Japan

His films consistently explore the bittersweet loss of childhood innocence and the weight of promises made between friends across time and memory.

 Richard Linklater United States

His trilogy 'Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight' and 'Boyhood' intimately examine how childhood promises and connections evolve through adulthood.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like 'After the Storm' and 'Our Little Sister' delicately capture the tensions between childhood bonds, unfulfilled promises, and family reconciliation.