reunion with the dead

His films like 'After Life' and 'The Third Person' poignantly explore the liminal spaces between the living and dead, with characters confronting memories and unfinished relationships.

Films like 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' intensely examine grief and literal/symbolic encounters with deceased family members that haunt and reshape the living.

His meditative works such as 'Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives' treat communion with the dead as a natural, spiritual continuation rather than horror.