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THEME EXPLORATION

identity confusion

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
The World of Love
The World of Love
2026 · Yoon Ga-eun
Jones and His New Neighbors
Jones and His New Neighbors
1909 · D.W. Griffith
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
Cabo Negro
Cabo Negro
2024 · Abdellah Taïa
Di che segno sei?
Di che segno sei?
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch → United States

His films like Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead explore fractured identities, unreliable narrators, and the dissolution of self through surrealist narratives.

Krzysztof Kieślowski → Poland

His Dekalog and Three Colors trilogy examine how identity is constructed through moral choices, interconnected lives, and the search for authentic selfhood.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul → Thailand

His films like Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past and Cemetery of Splendour blur boundaries between memory, identity, and existence through meditative storytelling.

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