THEME EXPLORATION

disease and infection

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Poetry
Poetry
2010 · Lee Chang-dong
Ashes
Ashes
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Mosquito Net
The Mosquito Net
2010 · Agustí Vila
Trouble Every Day
Trouble Every Day
2001 · Claire Denis
Mimic
Mimic
1997 · Guillermo del Toro
Bubu (Bubu de Montparnasse
Bubu (Bubu de Montparnasse
1971 · Mauro Bolognini
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
1992 · Jean Rouch
The Fugitive Kind
The Fugitive Kind
1960 · Sidney Lumet
Foot and Mouth
Foot and Mouth
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
The Quiet Duel
The Quiet Duel
1949 · Akira Kurosawa
Thou Shalt Not
Thou Shalt Not
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Lorenzo’s Oil
Lorenzo’s Oil
1992 · George Miller
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films obsessively explore infection, disease, and biological transformation as metaphors for human vulnerability and decay.

 Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland

His works examine social and psychological contagion, exploring how moral disease and corruption spread through communities and individual lives.

 Claire Denis France

She examines disease, infection, and bodily fragmentation through visceral imagery and philosophical inquiry into human contamination and otherness.