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THEME EXPLORATION

ritual and tradition

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo
Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo
1969 · Jean Rouch
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Late Spring
Late Spring
1949 · Yasujiro Ozu
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Wadjda
Wadjda
2012 · Haifaa al-Mansour
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Ang Lee
Four Daughters
Four Daughters
2023 · Kaouther Ben Hania
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
Tulpan
Tulpan
2008 · Sergei Dvortsevoy
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
Luminous People
Luminous People
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ari Aster → USA

Meticulous visual storytelling that transforms intimate family trauma into cosmic-scale psychological horror.

Michael Cimino → USA

Epic examinations of American mythology through intimate portraits of ordinary men facing irreversible change.

Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union/Russia

His films like *Stalker* and *Mirror* explore spiritual rituals and the cyclical nature of human tradition through meditative, transcendent cinematography.

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