THEME EXPLORATION

estrangement and redemption

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rain Man
Rain Man
1988 · Barry Levinson
A Child’s Faith
A Child’s Faith
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Reason, Debate and a Story
Reason, Debate and a Story
1974 · Ritwik Ghatak
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 · Wes Anderson
Scandinavian Silence
Scandinavian Silence
2019 · Martti Helde
Wild Roots
Wild Roots
2021 · Hajni Kis
Tetro
Tetro
2009 · Francis Ford Coppola
Shakti
Shakti
1982 · Ramesh Sippy
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Yasujirō Ozu Japan

His films explore the quiet estrangement within families and the bittersweet acceptance of human connection across generations.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His work unflinchingly examines psychological isolation and the painful, often incomplete attempts at reconciliation and spiritual redemption.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic cinema captures the melancholy of missed connections and fleeting moments of grace that hint at emotional redemption.