THEME EXPLORATION

poverty and disease

12 films · 2 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
Poetry
Poetry
2010 · Lee Chang-dong
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films unflinchingly document the struggles of working-class people facing poverty, unemployment, and inadequate healthcare systems.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

His dark, atmospheric films depict the decay of communities ravaged by poverty, illness, and social collapse in Eastern Europe.