orphans and found family

His films like 'Nobody Knows' and 'Shoplifters' intimately explore unconventional family bonds formed through circumstance and love rather than blood relations.

Works such as 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' examine damaged childhoods and the psychological aftermath of parental abandonment.

His films including 'Beasts of No Nation' and 'Mangrove' powerfully depict orphaned children and marginalized communities creating survival networks and chosen families.