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THEME EXPLORATION

poverty and struggle

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Allen Poe
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Los olvidados
Los olvidados
1950 · Luis Buñuel
Les Bas-fonds
Les Bas-fonds
1936 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
Man’s Castle
Man’s Castle
1933 · Frank Borzage
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
1936 · Mikio Naruse
One Wonderful Sunday
One Wonderful Sunday
1947 · Akira Kurosawa
Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Sixteen
2002 · Ken Loach
The Wagoner
The Wagoner
1963 · Ousmane Sembène
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road
1941 · John Ford
Deep Rivers
Deep Rivers
2018 · Vladimir Bitokov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films brutally document the struggles of working-class and marginalized people against systemic poverty and social injustice.

Vittorio De Sica → Italy

A pioneer of neorealism who captured the desperation and dignity of poor Italians in post-war society with films like 'Bicycle Thieves'.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His compassionate films explore poverty and survival with profound humanity, examining how families cope with economic hardship and social exclusion.

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