THEME EXPLORATION

mother-daughter dynamics

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
The Only Son
The Only Son
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1951 · Douglas Sirk
Paura e amore
Paura e amore
1988 · Margarethe von Trotta
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
Yi Yi
Yi Yi
2000 · Edward Yang
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
Fanny och Alexander
Fanny och Alexander
1982 · Ingmar Bergman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lynne Ramsay Scotland

Her films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' explore psychological complexity and fractured maternal relationships with visceral intensity.

 Céline Sciamma France

She consistently examines female relationships and identity through works like 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' and 'Girlhood,' with particular sensitivity to generational dynamics.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His films including 'The Assassin' and 'A Time to Live and a Time to Die' poetically explore family bonds, memory, and unspoken tensions between mothers and daughters.