THEME EXPLORATION

missing daughter

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Yi Yi
Yi Yi
2000 · Edward Yang
Personal Column
Personal Column
1939 · Robert Siodmak
The Hangover
The Hangover
2009 · Todd Phillips
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007 · Sidney Lumet
Full Moon
Full Moon
1998 · Fredi M. Murer
Life and Nothing But
Life and Nothing But
1989 · Bertrand Tavernier
Forget About Nick
Forget About Nick
2017 · Margarethe von Trotta
Night Moves
Night Moves
1975 · Arthur Penn
Stolen Assignment
Stolen Assignment
1955 · Terence Fisher
Trail of the Pink Panther
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 · Blake Edwards
And Quiet Rolls the Dawn
And Quiet Rolls the Dawn
1979 · Mrinal Sen
The Missing Nail
The Missing Nail
2019 · Peter Greenaway
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Chuck Jones USA

His film 'Phenomenal Woman' and documentary work explore absence, memory, and the spaces left by missing loved ones through intimate visual storytelling.

 Lynne Ramsay UK

Her films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' obsessively examine parental trauma, loss, and the psychological echoes of absent or damaged children.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His austere, unflinching style in films like '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' and 'Graduation' captures the devastating weight of disappeared lives and parental helplessness.