mortality and terminal illness

His films like 'After Life' and 'Like Father, Like Son' profoundly explore mortality, memory, and what it means to live a meaningful life in the face of death.

Works such as 'Dancer in the Dark' and 'Antichrist' unflinchingly confront suffering, despair, and the human confrontation with mortality and existential darkness.

Her films including 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'A Woman of No Importance' delve into trauma, grief, and the fragility of human existence with poetic intensity.