THEME EXPLORATION

divorce and childhood

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Switching – Goodbye Me
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
I Wish
I Wish
2011 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
The Miracle of Marcelino
The Miracle of Marcelino
1990 · Ladislao Vajda
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland

His film 'No End' and 'Dekalog' profoundly explore the psychological impact of divorce on families and children's emotional worlds.

 Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom

Her films 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' intensely examine childhood trauma and fractured family relationships.

 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany

His work, particularly 'The Lives of Others,' explores how political and personal separations traumatize families and shape children's coming of age.