THEME EXPLORATION

identity and reinvention

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
Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games
2000 · John Frankenheimer
Aga's House
Aga's House
2019 · Lendita Zeqiraj
Le bus d’Alice
Le bus d’Alice
1995 · Bertrand Bonello
Cabo Negro
Cabo Negro
2024 · Abdellah Taïa
Di che segno sei?
Di che segno sei?
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steven Soderbergh USA

Formally inventive storytelling that strips cinema to elegant essentials while exploring institutional systems.

 David Fincher USA

His films obsessively explore fractured identities and psychological reinvention, particularly in *Fight Club*, *The Social Network*, and *Gone Girl*.

 Darren Aronofsky USA

He creates visceral explorations of identity dissolution and obsessive self-transformation through films like *Black Swan*, *The Wrestler*, and *Requiem for a Dream*.