neighborly relations

His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' explore how unlikely people form bonds and create makeshift families through proximity and shared vulnerability.

His social realist works examine how working-class neighbors navigate community, solidarity, and economic interdependence in their daily struggles.

Films like 'The Farewell' and 'Nomadland' capture the nuanced connections between people in close quarters and how strangers become chosen family.