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THEME EXPLORATION

identity and impersonation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
The Two Marshals
The Two Marshals
1961 · Sergio Corbucci
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
1959 · Luis Buñuel
Mister Lonely
Mister Lonely
2007 · Harmony Korine
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
Aga's House
Aga's House
2019 · Lendita Zeqiraj
002 operazione Luna
002 operazione Luna
1965 · Lucio Fulci
Cabo Negro
Cabo Negro
2024 · Abdellah Taïa
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher → USA

His films like 'Gone Girl' and 'The Game' obsessively deconstruct fractured identities and the personas people construct for manipulation and survival.

Alain Resnais → France

Works such as 'Last Year at Marienbad' and 'Je t'aime, je t'aime' explore how memory and identity are unstable, subjective constructs constantly being reimagined.

Pedro Almodóvar → Spain

His films celebrate fluid identities and reinvention, with characters in 'All About My Mother' and 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown' constantly performing and transforming themselves.

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