THEME EXPLORATION

deception and resistance

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Black Book
Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
Il generale della rovere
Il generale della rovere
1959 · Roberto Rossellini
To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be
1942 · Ernst Lubitsch
The Impostor
The Impostor
1944 · Julien Duvivier
Recovery
Recovery
1956 · Konrad Wolf
Passage to Marseille
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Michael Curtiz
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
1922 · Fritz Lang
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Walter Lang Germany

Works such as M and Metropolis explore manipulation, surveillance, and human resistance against systems of deception and control.

 Agnès Varda France

Her innovative documentaries and narratives challenge conventional storytelling to reveal hidden truths and celebrate resistance through cinematic form itself.