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THEME EXPLORATION

guilt and complicity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Reader
The Reader
2008 · Stephen Daldry
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Conversation
The Conversation
1974 · Francis Ford Coppola
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Lynne Ramsay
Camion
Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2018 · Radu Jude
Captive
Captive
2008 · Gus Alvarez
Just Between Us
Just Between Us
2010 · Rajko Grlić
Bringing Out the Dead
Bringing Out the Dead
1999 · Martin Scorsese
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michael Haneke → Austria

His films systematically implicate viewers in acts of violence and moral compromise, forcing audiences to confront their own complicity in consuming brutality.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder → Germany

He explores how ordinary people become entangled in systems of exploitation and oppression, examining guilt through intimate relationships corrupted by power dynamics.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His narratives reveal how good intentions and familial bonds can mask deception and moral failure, revealing the subtle complicity within human connection.

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