mother-child separation

His films like 'Nobody Knows' and 'Shoplifters' intimately explore maternal bonds, separation, and unconventional family structures with profound emotional depth.

Her visceral, fragmented narratives in films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'A Gentle Creature' examine maternal anguish and psychological rupture between parents and children.

His minimalist, long-take style in 'Beyond the Hills' and '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' devastatingly captures estrangement, loss, and the consequences of abandonment.