rebellious mentorship

His films like 'The 400 Blows' and 'Small Change' explore how mentors challenge social conventions to free young people from institutional constraints.

His work examines how authority figures and familial mentors impose trauma and control, showing mentorship's dark underbelly through psychological horror.

Films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' depict broken mentor-protégé relationships that subvert traditional guidance narratives.