THEME EXPLORATION

revolution and political uprising

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Volga Boatman
The Volga Boatman
1926 · Cecil B. DeMille
The Five Days of Milan
The Five Days of Milan
1973 · Dario Argento
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
1969 · Nagisa Oshima
Hibiscus Town
Hibiscus Town
1988 · Xie Jin
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972 · J. Lee Thompson
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928 · Sergei Eisenstein
General Assembly
General Assembly
1960 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
My Lenin
My Lenin
1970 · Ritwik Ghatak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

Pioneer of revolutionary cinema whose works like *Battleship Potemkin* and *October: Ten Days That Shook the World* directly dramatize political upheaval through innovative montage techniques.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

Committed to depicting working-class struggle and social injustice through humanistic realism, with films like *Kes* and *I, Daniel Blake* exploring systemic oppression and resistance.