THEME EXPLORATION

identity and amnesia

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Portrait from Life
Portrait from Life
1948 · Terence Fisher
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Diabolically Yours
Diabolically Yours
1967 · Julien Duvivier
Fusa
Fusa
1995 · Kon Ichikawa
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
1959 · Luis Buñuel
Le Chanteur inconnu
Le Chanteur inconnu
1931 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Aga's House
Aga's House
2019 · Lendita Zeqiraj
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

His films like 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Eraserhead' explore fractured identities and memory through surrealism and psychological dissolution.

 Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland

His work examines how identities shift and intertwine across lives, particularly in 'The Double Life of Véronique' and the 'Three Colors' trilogy.

 Darren Aronofsky USA

Films like 'Black Swan' and 'The Fountain' delve into psychological fragmentation, lost identity, and the unreliability of memory through visceral storytelling.