THEME EXPLORATION

displacement and uprooting

12 films · 2 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
Xoftex
Xoftex
2024 · Noaz Deshe
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
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films explore spiritual displacement and the yearning for lost homelands through meditative, poetic narratives that examine exile and alienation.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually stunning work captures the melancholia of displacement in Hong Kong's transitional identity, with characters adrift between cultures and temporalities.