parental negligence

Her films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' unflinchingly examine how parental failure and trauma cascade through generations.

Works such as '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' and 'Graduation' explore the moral complexities and destructive consequences of parental neglect and abandonment.

His socially conscious films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' powerfully depict how systemic indifference and parental absence shape vulnerable children's lives.