THEME EXPLORATION

fortune and fate

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
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His masterpieces like 'Rashomon' and 'Ikiru' deeply explore how fate shapes human destiny and the role of chance in determining life's meaning.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films such as 'Chungking Express' and '2046' examine the interplay between destiny, chance encounters, and the forces that bind or separate lovers.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His melodramatic works like 'Ali: Fear Eats the Soul' and 'Lola' interrogate how social forces and personal choices conspire to determine characters' tragic fates.