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THEME EXPLORATION

reinvention of identity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Nazarín
Nazarín
1958 · Luis Buñuel
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games
2000 · John Frankenheimer
Aga's House
Aga's House
2019 · Lendita Zeqiraj
Le bus d’Alice
Le bus d’Alice
1995 · Bertrand Bonello
Cabo Negro
Cabo Negro
2024 · Abdellah Taïa
Di che segno sei?
Di che segno sei?
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher → USA

His films like 'Fight Club' and 'The Social Network' obsessively deconstruct identity construction, fragmentation, and the masks people wear in modern society.

Pedro Almodóvar → Spain

His work celebrates transformation and reinvention of identity through gender, desire, and personal liberation, most notably in 'The Skin I Live In' and 'Law of Desire'.

Denis Villeneuve → Canada

Films like 'Prisoners' and 'Enemy' explore how identity fractures under psychological pressure and how people become unrecognizable versions of themselves.

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