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THEME EXPLORATION

identity and perception

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Three Rocks
Three Rocks
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Accused
Accused
1964 · Anubhuti Kashyap
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Dangsinjasingwa dangsinui geot
Dangsinjasingwa dangsinui geot
2016 · Hong Sang-soo
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
1959 · Luis Buñuel
Les Doigts dans le ventre
Les Doigts dans le ventre
1988 · François Ozon
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
The Face of Another
The Face of Another
1966 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch → USA

His films like Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead fracture identity and reality, forcing viewers to question the nature of self and perception through dreamlike narratives.

Agnès Varda → France

Her documentary and narrative films explore how people construct and present their identities while examining the gap between perception and truth.

Abbas Kiarostami → Iran

His meta-cinematic works like Close-Up blur the boundaries between documentary and fiction, questioning identity, authenticity, and how cinema shapes perception of reality.

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