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THEME EXPLORATION

class and virtue

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Oyuki the Virgin
Oyuki the Virgin
1935 · Kenji Mizoguchi
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
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Cristian Mungiu → Romania

His films meticulously examine moral corruption and social hypocrisy within stratified communities, where class status often shields individuals from ethical accountability.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His realist cinema consistently explores how poverty and class disadvantage compromise personal virtue and dignity, questioning systemic injustice.

Yorgos Lanthimos → Greece

His provocative films interrogate how social hierarchies and class structures distort human behavior and moral sensibility in disturbing ways.

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