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THEME EXPLORATION

class transformation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Joker
Joker
2019 · Todd Phillips
Pretty Woman
Pretty Woman
1990 · Garry Marshall
A Dirty Shame
A Dirty Shame
2004 · John Waters
Absurda (, short
Absurda (, short
2007 · David Lynch
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
La Signora senza camelie
La Signora senza camelie
1953 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
One Way or Another
One Way or Another
1977 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Cendrillon
Cendrillon
1899 · Georges Méliès
Macunaima
Macunaima
1969 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Tough Guy With the Tricycle
The Tough Guy With the Tricycle
1972 · Yannis Dalianidis
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films consistently document working-class struggles and social mobility barriers through intimate, realist narratives that expose systemic inequality.

Bong Joon-ho → South Korea

He masterfully explores class stratification and the impossibility of upward mobility through darkly inventive narratives that blend genres to reveal social absurdities.

Leigh Whannell → United Kingdom

His improvisational approach captures nuanced character studies of working and middle-class life, examining how class shapes identity, relationships, and personal aspirations.

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