parental acceptance

His films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Shoplifters' explore unconventional family bonds and parental acceptance across biological and chosen family structures.

Her works including 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' deeply examine complicated parent-child relationships and acceptance of difficult truths.

Films like 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' probe how parental trauma, expectations, and conditional acceptance shape identity and psychological rupture.