THEME EXPLORATION

independent problem-solving

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
2017
2017
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
La ley de deseo
La ley de deseo
1987 · Pedro Almodóvar
A Time and a Place
A Time and a Place
1977 · Gillian Armstrong
Cecil B. DeMented
Cecil B. DeMented
2000 · John Waters
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd
1967 · John Schlesinger
L’Atalante
L’Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
For Life, Against the War
For Life, Against the War
1967 · Shirley Clarke
Ed Wood
Ed Wood
1994 · Tim Burton
Thorntons: Stuck
Thorntons: Stuck
2007 · Harmony Korine
Willow and Wind
Willow and Wind
1999 · Abbas Kiarostami
El perquè de tot plegat
El perquè de tot plegat
1994 · Ventura Pons
Ani*Kuri15
Ani*Kuri15
2008 · Mahiro Maeda & Makoto Shinkai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Chloé Zhao China/USA

Her films center on individuals navigating isolation and self-reliance against systemic constraints, exemplified by the resourceful protagonists in Nomadland and The Eternal Memory.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

He repeatedly explores characters solving problems through ingenuity and resilience outside institutional support, as seen in Shoplifters and Monster.