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THEME EXPLORATION

class and privilege

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Les Biches
Les Biches
1968 · Claude Chabrol
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Living on Velvet
Living on Velvet
1935 · Frank Borzage
The Roue’s Heart
The Roue’s Heart
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Young Wolves
Young Wolves
1968 · Marcel Carné
No Time for Love
No Time for Love
1943 · Mitchell Leisen
The Other Half
The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
I Am Love
I Am Love
2010 · Luca Guadagnino
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joanna Hogg →

Subtle, autobiographical explorations of memory and relationships through intimate domestic spaces.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His neorealist films consistently expose class inequality and the struggles of working-class individuals against systemic poverty and injustice.

Bong Joon-ho → South Korea

He masterfully deconstructs class hierarchies and privilege through genre-blending narratives that reveal the absurdity and violence of social stratification.

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