Tracing the thread…
His films like 'Paris, Texas' and 'The American Friend' chronicle the existential journeys of rootless protagonists searching for meaning across desolate landscapes.
Joaquim Dos Santos United StatesHe explores transient lives and marginalized drifters with poetic compassion in films like 'My Own Private Idaho' and 'Gerry,' capturing the vulnerability of those living on society's edges.
Chloé Zhao China/United StatesHer Oscar-winning film 'Nomadland' intimately portrays modern-day drifters and van-dwellers navigating economic precarity and the search for human connection.