loss of adults

His films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Shoplifters' explore the emotional distance and disconnection between adults, examining how relationships fracture and what remains when bonds are tested.

Through intimate character studies in films like 'Another Year' and 'Career Girls,' he portrays how adults drift apart, lose connection with their younger selves, and experience the quiet devastation of unfulfilled lives.

In 'The Eternals' and particularly 'Nomadland,' she examines the loss of stability, community, and identity in adulthood, following those left behind by economic systems and personal circumstances.