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THEME EXPLORATION

parent-child communication

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
Henry
Henry
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963 · Vincente Minnelli
Boy
Boy
1969 · Nagisa Oshima
The Sheriff’s Baby
The Sheriff’s Baby
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
2016 · Maren Ade
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
M
M
1931 · Fritz Lang
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Shoplifters' intimately explore the complexities of parent-child bonds, unconventional families, and what truly defines parenthood.

Lynne Ramsay → United Kingdom

Her works including 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' examine fractured parent-child relationships with psychological depth and visual sophistication.

Céline Sciamma → France

Films like 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' and 'Girlhood' delicately portray intergenerational relationships and the unspoken communication between parents and children navigating identity.

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