THEME EXPLORATION

isolation and paradise lost

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Crowd
The Crowd
1928 · King Vidor
Malgré la nuit
Malgré la nuit
2015 · Philippe Grandrieux
Hello Aloha
Hello Aloha
1952 · Jack Kinney
Sunshine for the Poor
Sunshine for the Poor
2001 · Alain Guiraudie
The Wayward Cloud
The Wayward Cloud
2005 · Tsai Ming-liang
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Lighthouse Keeper
Lighthouse Keeper
2009 · Anonymous Fixture
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Summertime
Summertime
1955 · David Lean
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His metaphysical films explore spiritual isolation and humanity's yearning for transcendence, treating paradise as an unreachable spiritual state.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His work examines social marginalization and the loss of innocence in modern civilization, treating paradise as a pre-industrial or spiritual past.

 Terrence Malick United States

His films poetically juxtapose individual isolation against the vastness of nature, questioning whether paradise exists within or beyond human experience.