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THEME EXPLORATION

class disparity

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
Ningen moyo
Ningen moyo
1949 · Kon Ichikawa
No Time for Love
No Time for Love
1943 · Mitchell Leisen
The Other Half
The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor
Trishna
Trishna
2011 · Michael Winterbottom
Anora
Anora
2024 · Sean Baker
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Crimson Gold
Crimson Gold
2003 · Jafar Panahi
Lovers Lost
Lovers Lost
1982 · Kinji Fukasaku
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Nuri Bilge Ceylan → Turkey · Istanbul

Architectural patience extracting profound silence from ordinary human suffering and landscape.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films consistently expose the struggles of working-class individuals against systemic inequality and economic hardship.

Bong Joon-ho → South Korea

He masterfully blends genre cinema with sharp social commentary on class conflict, most notably in 'Parasite' and 'Snowpiercer'.

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