THEME EXPLORATION

poverty and economic struggle

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
2026 · Daniel Guzmán
A Corner in Wheat
A Corner in Wheat
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Blood and Soul
Blood and Soul
1923 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Flunky, Work Hard
Flunky, Work Hard
1931 · Mikio Naruse
Les Bas-fonds
Les Bas-fonds
1936 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
Los olvidados
Los olvidados
1950 · Luis Buñuel
Little Man, What Now?
Little Man, What Now?
1934 · Frank Borzage
Nacional III
Nacional III
1982 · Luis García Berlanga
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like Kes and I, Daniel Blake powerfully depict working-class hardship and systemic economic injustice with unflinching realism.

 Vittorio De Sica Italy

A pioneer of Italian Neorealism whose masterpiece Bicycle Thieves captures the desperation of post-war poverty with profound humanistic compassion.

 Abbas Kiarostami Iran

His films such as Where Is the Friend's House? and The White Balloon explore childhood vulnerability and economic struggle in rural and urban settings with poetic sensitivity.