THEME EXPLORATION

displacement and alienation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 · Roman Polanski
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Green Fish
Green Fish
1997 · Lee Chang-dong
Nostalgia
Nostalgia
1983 · Andrei Tarkovsky
The Pitfall
The Pitfall
1962 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky
1990 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Fremont
Fremont
2023 · Babak Jalali
Monsoon
Monsoon
2019 · Hong Khaou
Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation
2003 · Sofia Coppola
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Nicolas Roeg English

Visionary director who fractures narrative through dazzling montage and sensory overload, exploring desire's dark margins.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His meditative, slow-cinema masterpieces explore spiritual displacement and the protagonist's isolation within vast, indifferent landscapes.

 Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

He pioneered the examination of emotional alienation and existential ennui in modern urban spaces, where characters drift through meaning.