childhood trauma manifesting as violence

His films like Hereditary and Midsommar explore intergenerational trauma and how childhood psychological wounds manifest in adult behavior and violent outcomes.

We Need to Talk About Kevin and You Were Never Really Here both unflinchingly examine how early childhood experiences and parental relationships create violent psychological fractures.

Incendies and Prisoners explore how trauma passed through generations and unresolved childhood pain drive characters toward destructive and violent choices.