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THEME EXPLORATION

class deception

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
A Change of Heart
A Change of Heart
1909 · D.W. Griffith
El gran calavera
El gran calavera
1949 · Luis Buñuel
Desert Dust
Desert Dust
1927 · William Wyler
Five Days One Summer
Five Days One Summer
1982 · Fred Zinnemann
Gli indifferenti (Time of Indifference
Gli indifferenti (Time of Indifference
1988 · Mauro Bolognini
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films expose how social systems deceive working-class people about their own possibilities and worth through unflinching portrayals of economic inequality.

Bong Joon-ho → South Korea

He masterfully reveals the performative nature of class relationships and how deception maintains social hierarchies, particularly in films like Parasite and Snowpiercer.

Leigh Whannell → United Kingdom

His films dissect class pretense and social delusion through intimate character studies that expose the lies people tell themselves and others about their status.

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