THEME EXPLORATION

human suffering

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Being Towards Death
Being Towards Death
2026 · Chen Sicheng
The Last Snow
The Last Snow
2002 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Sheep in the Box
Sheep in the Box
2026 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Pain Is...
Pain Is...
1997 · Stephen Dwoskin
Banzo
Banzo
2024 · Margarida Cardoso
Mil cretins
Mil cretins
2011 · Ventura Pons
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Puzzle of Pain
Puzzle of Pain
1965 · Arthur Lipsett
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alejandro G. Iñárritu Mexico

Ambitious psychological narratives exploring human fragility through interconnected stories and visceral emotional intensity.

 Alejandro González Iñárritu

Fragmented narratives exploring profound human suffering and existential redemption across interconnected lives.

 Béla Tarr Hungarian

Stark monochromatic tableaux of human desolation rendered through hypnotic long takes.