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THEME EXPLORATION

identity and self-presentation

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
The Mirror
The Mirror
1975 · Andrei Tarkovsky
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
Partner
Partner
1968 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games
2000 · John Frankenheimer
The Man Without a Map
The Man Without a Map
1968 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
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
Agnès Varda → France

Her documentary and narrative films constantly interrogate how people construct and present their identities through personal memory, performance, and social interaction.

Pedro Almodóvar → Spain

His films explore identity through fluid character transformations, gender expression, and the performative nature of everyday life with bold visual style.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His visually poetic cinema examines how characters adopt different personas and identities within urban spaces, using fragmented narratives and aesthetic reinvention.

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