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THEME EXPLORATION

identity and legitimacy

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
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Nazarín
Nazarín
1958 · Luis Buñuel
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
Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games
2000 · John Frankenheimer
Cabo Negro
Cabo Negro
2024 · Abdellah Taïa
Di che segno sei?
Di che segno sei?
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
Ernesto
Ernesto
1979 · Salvatore Samperi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His films explore fractured identities and the search for authentic connection in modern, displaced worlds through visually poetic narratives.

Abbas Kiarostami → Iran

He deconstructs documentary and fiction to question the legitimacy of representation and the constructed nature of identity and truth.

David Lynch → United States

His surrealist cinema probes the fragmentation of identity and the instability of reality, challenging what we accept as legitimate consciousness.

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