THEME EXPLORATION

poverty

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Satyajit Ray British India [now India] · Calcutta

Cinema of quiet observation where meaning emerges from stillness and the unspoken weight of ordinary life.

 Charlie Chaplin UK

Silent pantomime elevating the downtrodden everyman through physical comedy and emotional depth.

 Fernando Meirelles

Kinetic visual storytelling that captures the raw energy and desperation of marginalized urban communities.