THEME EXPLORATION

medical experience

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Babai
Babai
2015 · Visar Morina
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
J’ai pas sommeil
J’ai pas sommeil
1994 · Claire Denis
Lucky Miles
Lucky Miles
2007 · Michael James Rowland
Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa
2002 · Caroline Link
Jerichow
Jerichow
2009 · Christian Petzold
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films explore the visceral intersection of medicine, technology, and human transformation with disturbing intimacy.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

He examines psychological and physical deterioration through medical crises, addiction, and obsession with unflinching intensity.

 Claire Denis France

Her films probe disease, bodily vulnerability, and medical ethics with poetic sensuality and philosophical depth.