THEME EXPLORATION

illegitimate son

11 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Romance of Happy Valley
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919 · D.W. Griffith
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
L’Héritier des Mondésir
L’Héritier des Mondésir
1940 · Jacques Becker
Ashura no gotoku
Ashura no gotoku
2003 · Yoshimitsu Morita
The Only Son
The Only Son
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
Back to Burgundy
Back to Burgundy
2017 · Cédric Klapisch
Drifters
Drifters
2003 · Wang Xiaoshuai
Original Gangstas
Original Gangstas
1996 · Larry Cohen
Story Of Floating Weeds
Story Of Floating Weeds
1934 · Yasujiro Ozu
Fall Guy
Fall Guy
1982 · Kinji Fukasaku
To Each His Own
To Each His Own
1946 · Mitchell Leisen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luchino Visconti Italy

Visconti's neorealist and operatic films frequently explore class conflict and family secrets surrounding illegitimate children, most notably in 'Rocco and His Brothers' and 'The Leopard'.

 François Truffaut France

Truffaut repeatedly examined the psychological wounds of illegitimacy and parental absence in works like 'The 400 Blows' and 'Jules and Jim', treating the theme with intimate emotional depth.