THEME EXPLORATION

political escape

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
Down By Law
Down By Law
1986 · Jim Jarmusch
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
Figures in a Landscape
Figures in a Landscape
1970 · Joseph Losey
Power
Power
1986 · Sidney Lumet
The Crossing I
The Crossing I
2014 · John Woo
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Fred Zinnemann
¡Todos a la cárcel!
¡Todos a la cárcel!
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Xala
Xala
1975 · Ousmane Sembène
Babo 73
Babo 73
1964 · Robert Downey Sr
Women in Arms
Women in Arms
1991 · Sergio Corbucci
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Miloš Forman Czech Republic

His films such as 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and 'Amadeus' examine how protagonists resist and escape oppressive institutional and political control.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary montage cinema paradoxically critiques totalitarianism while exploring how individuals navigate and escape political domination through visual rebellion.