THEME EXPLORATION

failed resolution

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
A Dedicated Machine
A Dedicated Machine
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Wild Sing
Wild Sing
2026 · Son Jae-gon
After Liverpool
After Liverpool
1974 · Michael Haneke
Geuk-jang-jeon
Geuk-jang-jeon
2005 · Hong Sang-soo
Il Grido
Il Grido
1957 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Miracle of Flight
Miracle of Flight
1974 · Terry Gilliam
The End of the Day
The End of the Day
1939 · Julien Duvivier
The Man of the Moment / Timely Mediator
The Man of the Moment / Timely Mediator
1932 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Two Solutions for One Problem
Two Solutions for One Problem
1975 · Abbas Kiarostami
Going! Going! Gosh!
Going! Going! Gosh!
1952 · Chuck Jones
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

His films explore how personal intentions and resolutions dissolve against the weight of family obligations, time, and human limitation.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her work examines how determination and self-improvement clash with systemic forces that render individual resolution ultimately futile.