THEME EXPLORATION

domestic life disrupted

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942 · Robert Siodmak
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Bigger Than Life
Bigger Than Life
1956 · Nicholas Ray
I Am a Cat
I Am a Cat
1975 · Kon Ichikawa
Jones and His New Neighbors
Jones and His New Neighbors
1909 · D.W. Griffith
La Peau douce
La Peau douce
1964 · François Truffaut
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
Saturday, Sunday & Monday
Saturday, Sunday & Monday
2004 · Paolo Sorrentino
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Cobweb
The Cobweb
1955 · Vincente Minnelli
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

His films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Shoplifters' intimately examine how family structures fracture and reform when domestic stability is challenged.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema, including 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You,' depicts how economic forces systematically destroy ordinary domestic life.

 Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom

Films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'Ratcatcher' explore psychological disintegration within family units and the rupture of childhood innocence.