THEME EXPLORATION

economic decline

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Sátántangó
Sátántangó
1994 · Béla Tarr
12:08 East of Bucharest
12:08 East of Bucharest
2006 · Corneliu Porumboiu
Yearning
Yearning
1964 · Mikio Naruse
God's Country
God's Country
1985 · Louis Malle
That Old Dream That Moves
That Old Dream That Moves
2001 · Alain Guiraudie
At Full Throttle
At Full Throttle
2021 · Miro Remo
This Property Is Condemned
This Property Is Condemned
1966 · Sydney Pollack
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
1973 · Alexander Kluge
I Only Want You to Love Me
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films chronicle working-class struggle and the devastating impact of economic policies on ordinary people's lives.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her films explore economic precarity and human dignity amid societal collapse, particularly in post-industrial America.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His work documents the social and economic decay of post-communist Eastern Europe through intimate character studies.