THEME EXPLORATION

debt and desperation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Take Out
Take Out
2008 · Sean Baker
365 Nights
365 Nights
1948 · Kon Ichikawa
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
The Little Chaos
The Little Chaos
1966 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
After Hours
After Hours
1985 · Martin Scorsese
Le Salaire de la peur
Le Salaire de la peur
1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Man in Search of His Murderer
The Man in Search of His Murderer
1931 · Robert Siodmak
Run Lola Run
Run Lola Run
1998 · Tom Tykwer
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream
2000 · Darren Aronofsky
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His realist cinema unflinchingly documents how poverty and debt crush ordinary people's dignity in 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes'.

 Darren Aronofsky USA

His psychologically visceral films like 'The Wrestler' and 'Requiem for a Dream' depict characters spiraling through addiction, debt, and existential desperation.