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THEME EXPLORATION

middle class

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
No Time for Love
No Time for Love
1943 · Mitchell Leisen
The Other Half
The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
We Won't Grow Old Together
We Won't Grow Old Together
1972 · Maurice Pialat
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Leigh Whannell → United Kingdom

His films meticulously examine the anxieties, pretensions, and emotional lives of ordinary middle-class British families through naturalistic dialogue and character-driven narratives.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His compassionate films explore the struggles, moral compromises, and quiet dignity of working and lower-middle-class Japanese families navigating economic precarity.

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