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THEME EXPLORATION

fugitive life

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
Stranger on the Prowl
Stranger on the Prowl
1952 · Joseph Losey
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
The Jericho Mile
The Jericho Mile
1979 · Michael Mann
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His films obsessively explore displaced characters drifting through urban landscapes, perpetually in transit and unable to find home or lasting connection.

Agnès Varda → France

She documents the lives of wanderers, vagrants, and social outcasts with poetic empathy, particularly in films like 'Vagabond' and 'The Gleaners and I'.

Michelangelo Antonioni → Italy

His films capture the existential alienation of modern life, where characters are perpetually estranged, restless, and searching for meaning while emotionally fleeing their own lives.

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