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THEME EXPLORATION

cultural assimilation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Ticket for Thaddeus
A Ticket for Thaddeus
1956 · Frank Borzage
Les Statues meurent aussi
Les Statues meurent aussi
1953 · Chris Marker
Daughter of Nectar
Daughter of Nectar
2026 · Lin Chun-ni
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006 · Albert Brooks
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Summertime
Summertime
1955 · David Lean
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
2016 · Maren Ade
Palermo Shooting
Palermo Shooting
2008 · Wim Wenders
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Atom Egoyan → Canada

Explores fragmented identities and cultural displacement through fragmented narratives that mirror the experience of existing between cultures.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

Captures cultural hybridity and the tension between Eastern and Western influences through visually poetic explorations of identity in transitional spaces.

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