THEME EXPLORATION

class and desperation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
After Hours
After Hours
1985 · Martin Scorsese
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Park Chan-wook
Blue Collar
Blue Collar
1978 · Paul Schrader
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
2026 · Daniel Guzmán
365 Nights
365 Nights
1948 · Kon Ichikawa
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
One is Business, the Other Crime
One is Business, the Other Crime
1912 · D.W. Griffith
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films unflinchingly document the struggles of working-class people trapped by economic systems and social inequality.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

He explores how poverty and class divisions fracture families and relationships with profound empathy and nuance.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His slow-cinema approach reveals how desperation emerges from class stagnation and limited opportunities in post-communist societies.