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THEME EXPLORATION

performance and identity

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
Tacones lejanos
Tacones lejanos
1991 · Pedro Almodóvar
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Copie conforme
Copie conforme
2010 · Abbas Kiarostami
Another Telepathic Thing
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 · Jonathan Demme
The Day She Returns
The Day She Returns
2026 · Hong Sang-soo
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
1959 · Luis Buñuel
Le Dernier métro
Le Dernier métro
1980 · François Truffaut
L’Amour par terre
L’Amour par terre
1984 · Jacques Rivette
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pedro Almodóvar → Spain

His films celebrate theatrical performance as a means of self-creation and identity expression, particularly through melodrama and vibrant character transformation.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

He explores identity as fluid performance through stylized cinematography and characters who constantly reinvent themselves in urban spaces.

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