THEME EXPLORATION

political violence

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Marco Tullio Giordana
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
Hidden Agenda
Hidden Agenda
1990 · Ken Loach
Power
Power
1986 · Sidney Lumet
¡Todos a la cárcel!
¡Todos a la cárcel!
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Xala
Xala
1975 · Ousmane Sembène
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
Adalen 31
Adalen 31
1969 · Bo Widerberg
Babo 73
Babo 73
1964 · Robert Downey Sr
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrzej Wajda

Uncompromising chronicler of Polish suffering and heroism through austere historical realism.

 László Nemes

Meticulously composed long takes exploring Jewish resistance and historical trauma in 20th century Hungary.

 Neil Jordan Ireland

Explores fractured identities and dangerous desires within morally ambiguous narratives steeped in Irish politics.