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THEME EXPLORATION

class and social expectations

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
The Other Half
The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor
Enzo
Enzo
2026 · Robin Campillo
Interview
Interview
1971 · Mrinal Sen
No Time for Love
No Time for Love
1943 · Mitchell Leisen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Titanic
Titanic
1997 · James Cameron
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Joker
Joker
2019 · Todd Phillips
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films brutally expose how class systems and poverty constrain individual agency and perpetuate social inequality across generations.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

He examines how social class and family expectations shape identity and belonging, often revealing the humanity beneath economic hardship.

Agnès Varda → France

Her documentaries and fiction films challenge bourgeois social norms while exploring the lived experiences of working-class and marginalized communities.

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