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THEME EXPLORATION

human transience

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Sheep in the Box
Sheep in the Box
2026 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Mes parents un jour d’été
Mes parents un jour d’été
1990 · François Ozon
Model Shop
Model Shop
1969 · Jacques Demy
Mil cretins
Mil cretins
2011 · Ventura Pons
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
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
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union/Russia

His meditative, long-form cinema explores memory, mortality, and the ephemeral nature of human existence through contemplative visual poetry.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

He captures the quiet dignity of ordinary lives and the inevitable passage of time, examining how people leave traces and legacies through everyday moments.

Abbas Kiarostami → Iran

His films meditate on mortality, loss, and the impermanence of life through minimalist narratives that reveal profound existential truths about human fragility.

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