THEME EXPLORATION

hardship

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
To Live
To Live
1994 · Zhang Yimou
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Ang Lee
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
A Children's Story
A Children's Story
2004 · Andrea Frazzi & Antonio Frazzi
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
Kes
Kes
1970 · Ken Loach
Restoration
Restoration
2011 · Yossi Madmoni
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
1974 · Martin Scorsese
All the Good Eyes
All the Good Eyes
2026 · Zhi Zheng
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His films like 'Ikiru' and 'Seven Samurai' profoundly explore human suffering, resilience, and the meaning found through enduring hardship.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His unflinching social realist cinema documents the daily hardships of working-class people facing poverty, injustice, and systemic struggle.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

His visceral films like 'Requiem for a Dream' and 'The Wrestler' intensely depict psychological and physical hardship with raw emotional power.