THEME EXPLORATION

life cycles

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Fårö-dokument
Fårö-dokument
1979 · Ingmar Bergman
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
The Jericho Mile
The Jericho Mile
1979 · Michael Mann
Seasons of the Year
Seasons of the Year
1975 · Artavazd Pelechian
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
Young Man with Ideas
Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Mitchell Leisen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

His films trace human relationships across generations and seasons of life, from birth through aging, examining how families evolve and persist through time.

 Agnès Varda France

She documents the passage of time and aging with poetic intimacy, revisiting her own past works and subjects to explore how lives transform across decades.

 Richard Linklater United States

His 'Before' trilogy and 'Boyhood' capture the incremental changes of relationships and individuals across years, showing how people evolve through different life stages.