THEME EXPLORATION

search for cure

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
X-Men: The Last Stand
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 · Brett Ratner
Angel
Angel
2007 · François Ozon
Life and Nothing More…/…And Life Goes On
Life and Nothing More…/…And Life Goes On
1992 · Abbas Kiarostami
Identificazione di una donna
Identificazione di una donna
1982 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Survival of the Dead
Survival of the Dead
2009 · George A. Romero
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky USA

His films obsessively explore characters desperately seeking cures for addiction, disease, and psychological torment through visceral, body-horror narratives.

 David Cronenberg Canada

He examines the human body as a site of mutation and cure-seeking through disturbing transformations, making disease and remedy central to existential horror.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His work interrogates suffering and the elusive search for redemption and healing through unflinching explorations of psychological and physical pain.