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THEME EXPLORATION

duality of identity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Nazarín
Nazarín
1958 · Luis Buñuel
Partner
Partner
1968 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
The Face of Another
The Face of Another
1966 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games
2000 · John Frankenheimer
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Aga's House
Aga's House
2019 · Lendita Zeqiraj
Cindy, the Doll Is Mine
Cindy, the Doll Is Mine
2005 · Bertrand Bonello
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joel Schumacher → USA

Visually extravagant exploration of fractured psyches within corrupt, neon-soaked urban landscapes.

David Lynch → United States

His films like Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire obsessively deconstruct fractured identities and the blurred boundaries between reality and performance.

Yorgos Lanthimos → Greece

Works such as The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Poor Things explore how individuals construct and perform alternate versions of themselves within rigid social systems.

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