THEME EXPLORATION

fate and luck

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Chance at Love
Chance at Love
1964 · Bertrand Tavernier
Karmic Mahjong
Karmic Mahjong
2006 · Wang Xiaoshuai
Intacto
Intacto
2001 · Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Just My Luck
Just My Luck
2006 · Donald Petrie
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His films like 'Rashomon' and 'Ikiru' deeply explore how fate, chance, and human perception shape our understanding of destiny and meaning.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic works such as 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express' examine serendipity, missed connections, and the role of chance in romantic fate.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His provocative films like 'Dancer in the Dark' and 'Antichrist' brutally interrogate the tension between free will and predetermined suffering, questioning the nature of fate itself.