THEME EXPLORATION

fate vs fortune

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
What the Daisy Said
What the Daisy Said
1910 · D.W. Griffith
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
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative films explore the tension between human will and cosmic destiny through deeply philosophical narratives.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His work examines chance encounters and predetermined connections, questioning whether meetings are fated or purely fortunate.

 Abbas Kiarostami Iran

His films blend documentary-like realism with poetic ambiguity, probing how much of life is controlled versus left to circumstance.