disappearances

His masterpiece 'L'Avventura' centers on a woman's mysterious disappearance that becomes a meditation on alienation and the elusiveness of truth in modern life.

Films like 'Gone Girl' and 'Zodiac' obsessively explore disappearances and absence, using them to examine deception, obsession, and the gaps between perception and reality.

Her films explore social invisibility and the disappearance of marginalized people from collective consciousness, particularly in 'The Rider' and 'Nomadland.'