THEME EXPLORATION

orphans and adoption

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Two Little Waifs
Two Little Waifs
1910 · D.W. Griffith
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1995 · Michael Haneke
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2001 · Chris Columbus
Schlussakkord
Schlussakkord
1936 · Douglas Sirk
Hugo
Hugo
2011 · Martin Scorsese
Despicable Me
Despicable Me
2010 · Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
Ivan’s Childhood
Ivan’s Childhood
1962 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Holy Lola
Holy Lola
2004 · Bertrand Tavernier
Koto: The Ancient City
Koto: The Ancient City
1980 · Kon Ichikawa
Once a Thief
Once a Thief
1991 · John Woo
The Bigamist
The Bigamist
1953 · Ida Lupino
The Rats
The Rats
1955 · Robert Siodmak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like 'Nobody Knows' and 'Shoplifters' intimately explore makeshift families, abandonment, and the bonds formed outside traditional adoption frameworks.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious work frequently examines the lives of vulnerable children and systemic failures in child welfare and foster care systems.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His documentaries and narratives like '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' contextually engage with Romania's orphan crisis and the human consequences of institutional abandonment.