THEME EXPLORATION

elder abuse

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
2009 · Claudia Llosa
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
La mala educación
La mala educación
2004 · Pedro Almodóvar
Limitless
Limitless
2011 · Neil Burger
Kes
Kes
1970 · Ken Loach
Free Fall
Free Fall
2014 · Malek Akkad
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1958 · Miyoji Ieki
The Father
The Father
2019 · Jamal Hill
What a Wonderful Place
What a Wonderful Place
2005 · Eyal Halfon
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films consistently expose institutional neglect and vulnerability of marginalized elderly populations through intimate, compassionate realism.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His works deeply explore aging, familial abandonment, and the dignity of elderly people navigating indifference and neglect in modern society.