maternal regret

Her films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'A Woman of Paris' explore fractured maternal bonds and the psychological weight of motherhood through fragmented, introspective narratives.

His brutally honest films such as '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' and 'Graduation' dissect maternal sacrifice, loss, and the impossible choices mothers face with unflinching realism.

Through works like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Shoplifters,' he tenderly examines maternal complexity, the gap between expectation and reality, and how mothers reckon with their parental choices.