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THEME EXPLORATION

human-animal encounter

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
The Escape
The Escape
1914 · D.W. Griffith
Sheep in the Box
Sheep in the Box
2026 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Blood on Wolf Mountain
Blood on Wolf Mountain
1936 · Fei Mu
The Visitor
The Visitor
2025 · Vytautas Katkus
Mil cretins
Mil cretins
2011 · Ventura Pons
Pound
Pound
1970 · Robert Downey Sr
The Squawkin’ Hawk
The Squawkin’ Hawk
1942 · Chuck Jones
Crawl
Crawl
2019 · Alexandre Aja
The Bear
The Bear
1988 · Jean-Jacques Annaud
The One and Only Ivan
The One and Only Ivan
2020 · Thea Sharrock
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog → Germany

His documentaries and films obsessively explore humanity's relationship with wild nature and animals, from grizzly bears to cave paintings, revealing our primal connections and conflicts.

Nagisa Oshima → Japan

He examines the instinctual and animalistic aspects of human behavior, blurring the line between civilization and nature through provocative narrative cinema.

Claire Denis → France

Her films investigate sensory, corporeal encounters between humans and animals, using animal presence as metaphor for desire, vulnerability, and the body's animal nature.

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