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THEME EXPLORATION

coming together

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
The Lion King
The Lion King
1994 · Rob Minkoff
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Big Hero 6
Big Hero 6
2014 · Chris Williams & Don Hall
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 · and Rodney Rothman & Bob Persichetti & Peter Ramsey
Back to the Future
Back to the Future
1985 · Robert Zemeckis
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1951 · Douglas Sirk
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
The State I Am In
The State I Am In
2001 · Christian Petzold
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows
1959 · François Truffaut
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films celebrate ordinary people uniting against systemic injustice and finding solidarity in shared struggle.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

He explores how disparate individuals form makeshift families and communities bound by compassion rather than blood relations.

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