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THEME EXPLORATION

mother-daughter separation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
The Only Son
The Only Son
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Yi Yi
Yi Yi
2000 · Edward Yang
Schlussakkord
Schlussakkord
1936 · Douglas Sirk
Submergence
Submergence
2017 · Wim Wenders
The Notebook
The Notebook
2004 · Nick Cassavetes
Consumed
Consumed
2014 · David Cronenberg
Mountains May Depart
Mountains May Depart
2015 · Jia Zhangke
The Last Stage
The Last Stage
1948 · Wanda Jakubowska
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His films like 'Nobody Knows' and 'Like Father, Like Son' intimately explore mother-child bonds and the trauma of separation with profound emotional depth.

Lynne Ramsay → United Kingdom

Her visceral films such as 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'A Ghost Story' examine fractured maternal relationships and psychological separation with experimental intensity.

Hou Hsiao-hsien → Taiwan

His meditative works like 'Flowers of Shanghai' and 'The Assassin' contemplate loss, displacement, and the emotional distance between mothers and daughters across time.

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