THEME EXPLORATION

innocence and injustice

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Red Balloon
The Red Balloon
1956 · Albert Lamorisse
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
The Miracle of Marcelino
The Miracle of Marcelino
1990 · Ladislao Vajda
The Green Mile
The Green Mile
1999 · Frank Darabont
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
L’école des femmes
L’école des femmes
1940 · Max Ophuls
Mein Schulfreund
Mein Schulfreund
1960 · Robert Siodmak
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steven Spielberg United States

His films like Schindler's List and The Post examine how innocence is destroyed by systemic injustice and the moral courage required to resist it.

 Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland

His Decalogue and Three Colors trilogy deeply explore how ordinary innocent people become entangled in unjust systems and moral ambiguities.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like Kes and I, Daniel Blake powerfully depict how institutional injustice destroys the innocence and dignity of vulnerable people.