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THEME EXPLORATION

estate dispute

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Summer Hours
Summer Hours
2008 · Olivier Assayas
A Timely Interception
A Timely Interception
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Critical Care
Critical Care
1997 · Sidney Lumet
La Belle noiseuse
La Belle noiseuse
1991 · Jacques Rivette
Home to Danger
Home to Danger
1951 · Terence Fisher
La Viaccia (le Mauvais Chemin/The Lovemakers
La Viaccia (le Mauvais Chemin/The Lovemakers
1961 · Mauro Bolognini
Lazy Lightning
Lazy Lightning
1926 · William Wyler
Le mani sulla città
Le mani sulla città
1963 · Francesco Rosi
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Murder of the Inugami Clan
2006 · Kon Ichikawa
The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower
The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower
1928 · Julien Duvivier
Bay of Blood
Bay of Blood
1971 · Mario Bava
The Pride of Palomar
The Pride of Palomar
1922 · Frank Borzage
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica → Italy

His neorealist masterpieces like 'Umberto D.' and 'The Bicycle Thieves' explore class struggle and economic displacement that often arise from property disputes and social inequality.

Hirokazu Kore-eda → Japan

Films like 'Nobody Knows' and 'Broker' deeply examine family bonds, inheritance, and the human cost of property and custody disputes within fractured households.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His socially conscious realist works including 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' persistently interrogate how economic systems and property ownership create conflict and suffering within families and communities.

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