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THEME EXPLORATION

high society constraints

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Spirit of ’45
The Spirit of ’45
2013 · Ken Loach
I ragazzi dei Parioli
I ragazzi dei Parioli
1959 · Sergio Corbucci
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Zootopia
Zootopia
2016 · Byron Howard & Rich Moore
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Her
Her
2013 · Spike Jonze
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 · Bigas Luna & Cédric Klapisch & Lasse Hallström & Michael Haneke & Peter Greenaway & Spike Lee
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
Obituary for a Murderer
Obituary for a Murderer
1991 · Michael Haneke
Farewell My Concubine
Farewell My Concubine
1993 · Chen Kaige
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luchino Visconti → Italy

His films meticulously dissect the rigid hierarchies and moral decay of aristocratic families trapped within their own rigid social codes.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

He explores how social class and family expectations constrain individuals' choices and authentic self-expression in contemporary society.

Pedro Almodóvar → Spain

His characters constantly struggle against the restrictive norms of upper-class Spanish society and bourgeois conventions that limit personal freedom.

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