THEME EXPLORATION

loss and survival

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner
2014 · Wes Ball
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
The Time of the Wolf
The Time of the Wolf
2003 · Michael Haneke
Cast Away
Cast Away
2000 · Robert Zemeckis
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Dolly
Dolly
2026 · Rod Blackhurst
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2026 · Quentin Tarantino
The Marked Woman
The Marked Woman
2026 · Gabe Ibáñez
Qingtong & Kuihua
Qingtong & Kuihua
2026 · Chen Kun-hou
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
1997 · Luis García Berlanga
The Drifting Classroom
The Drifting Classroom
1987 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Real End of the Great War
The Real End of the Great War
1957 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films explore spiritual loss and the human struggle for meaning through long, meditative sequences that examine survival of the soul amid existential emptiness.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

He intimately portrays loss through family dissolution and grief while finding quiet moments of grace and survival in human connection and everyday resilience.

 Claire Denis France

Her films unflinchingly depict personal and collective trauma, exploring how individuals survive psychological and physical devastation through fragmented memory and endurance.