THEME EXPLORATION

isolation and alienation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 · Roman Polanski
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
Zoology
Zoology
2016 · Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Il Deserto rosso (Red Desert
Il Deserto rosso (Red Desert
1964 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Peak Everything
Peak Everything
2026 · Anne Émond
Törst
Törst
1949 · Ingmar Bergman
Fremont
Fremont
2023 · Babak Jalali
Quartet for the End of Time
Quartet for the End of Time
1983 · Alfonso Cuarón
Elephant
Elephant
2003 · Gus Van Sant
I Stand Alone
I Stand Alone
1999 · Gaspar Noé
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Peter Weir

Weir crafts intimate human dramas set against vast, indifferent landscapes and historical backdrops.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative, slow-paced films explore spiritual isolation and humanity's struggle to connect across vast existential distances.

 Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

He masterfully depicts modern alienation through detached characters unable to communicate or form meaningful relationships in contemporary society.