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THEME EXPLORATION

justice and innocence

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Re-Creation
Re-Creation
2026 · Jim Sheridan
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Red Balloon
The Red Balloon
1956 · Albert Lamorisse
The Specialists
The Specialists
1969 · Sergio Corbucci
Who's That Girl
Who's That Girl
1987 · James Foley
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
The Miracle of Marcelino
The Miracle of Marcelino
1990 · Ladislao Vajda
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sidney Lumet → United States

His films like 'Twelve Angry Men' and 'The Verdict' profoundly examine the justice system's fallibility and the struggle to prove innocence against institutional obstacles.

Michael Morris → United States

His documentaries, particularly 'The Thin Blue Line' and 'Paradise Lost,' meticulously uncover wrongful convictions and challenge our assumptions about guilt and innocence through innovative storytelling.

Cristian Mungiu → Romania

His films like '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' and 'Graduation' explore moral complicity, systemic corruption, and the fragile boundaries between innocence and guilt in oppressive societies.

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