Tracing the thread…
His films chronicle the struggles of working-class individuals navigating systemic barriers to social mobility through intimate, unflinching realism.
Hirokazu Koreeda JapanHe explores class boundaries and economic inequality through compassionate narratives about families trapped in poverty and the impossibility of escape.
Cristian Mungiu RomaniaHis austere dramas examine how post-communist class structures trap individuals and families, with mobility remaining perpetually out of reach.