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THEME EXPLORATION

mutation as identity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Spider
Spider
2002 · David Cronenberg
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Nazarín
Nazarín
1958 · Luis Buñuel
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Aga's House
Aga's House
2019 · Lendita Zeqiraj
Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games
2000 · John Frankenheimer
Cabo Negro
Cabo Negro
2024 · Abdellah Taïa
Di che segno sei?
Di che segno sei?
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg → Canada

His body horror films like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' explore how physical mutation fundamentally transforms and redefines personal identity.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

Through films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker', he examines how individuals mutate their identities and relationships through circumstance and choice, questioning what defines family and self.

Karyn Kusama → United States

In works like 'The Invitation' and 'Destroyer', she portrays characters whose identities are mutated by trauma, time, and psychological transformation, exploring how we become unrecognizable to ourselves.

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