THEME EXPLORATION

debt and poverty

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Golden Louis
The Golden Louis
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Tsuchi
Tsuchi
1939 · Tomu Uchida
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' unflinchingly depict the systemic poverty and debt traps facing working-class people in modern welfare systems.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

Films such as '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' and 'Graduated' explore the moral complexities and human costs of economic desperation and social inequality in post-communist Eastern Europe.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His character-driven dramas like 'Naked' and 'Another Year' probe the psychological and social dimensions of poverty, debt, and class struggle with documentary-like authenticity.