THEME EXPLORATION

regret and lost youth

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Broken Flowers
Broken Flowers
2005 · Jim Jarmusch
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941 · King Vidor
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Michel Gondry
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
Flesh and the Woman
Flesh and the Woman
1954 · Robert Siodmak
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
À Bout de souffle
À Bout de souffle
1960 · François Truffaut
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express' are saturated with melancholic nostalgia, lost romance, and the bittersweet ache of time slipping away.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His meditative films such as 'Mirror' and 'Stalker' explore memory, time, and the irretrievable nature of youth with philosophical depth and poetic longing.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'Tokyo Story' and 'Shoplifters' tenderly examine aging, family bonds, lost opportunities, and the quiet regrets that accumulate across a lifetime.