THEME EXPLORATION

identity 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
David Fincher United States

His films like *Fight Club* and *The Social Network* obsessively explore fractured identities, reinvention, and the construction of false selves in modern society.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

*Black Swan* and *The Wrestler* examine psychological fragmentation and the destructive pursuit of identity transformation through obsession.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually stunning films like *Chungking Express* and *2046* explore characters caught between past and present selves, constantly reinventing who they are.