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THEME EXPLORATION

displacement and return

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Monsoon
Monsoon
2019 · Hong Khaou
Xoftex
Xoftex
2024 · Noaz Deshe
Retour à Sarajevo
Retour à Sarajevo
1996 · Philippe Grandrieux
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
2016 · Maren Ade
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Someone to Remember
Someone to Remember
1943 · Robert Siodmak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His films explore spiritual displacement and the yearning for return through haunting meditations on memory, exile, and humanity's search for home across vast, desolate landscapes.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

He captures the melancholic displacement of urban wanderers and lovers separated by time and space, with return presented as impossible yet eternally desired through visual poetry.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His narratives intimately examine displacement within families and communities, exploring how characters navigate return and reconciliation while questioning the meaning of belonging.

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