THEME EXPLORATION

faked death

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude
1971 · Hal Ashby
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
The Seventh Seal
The Seventh Seal
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Babusya
Babusya
2003 · Yuliya Shashkova
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Cremator
The Cremator
1969 · Juraj Herz
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
Ghost
Ghost
1990 · Jerry Zucker
Matador
Matador
1986 · Pedro Almodóvar
Jenjira, Brother Triam
Jenjira, Brother Triam
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His film 'The Passenger' (1975) explores identity dissolution and assumed death through a journalist who literally takes on a dead man's identity.

 David Fincher United States

His meticulous thriller 'Gone Girl' (2014) centers on an elaborate faked death as both crime and psychological manipulation between spouses.

 François Truffaut France

His film 'Shoot the Piano Player' (1960) features characters escaping their pasts through assumed identities and disappearances with poetic ambiguity.