THEME EXPLORATION

selflessness

4 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
As It Is In Life
As It Is In Life
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Lazybones
Lazybones
1925 · Frank Borzage
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Frank Capra
An Autumn Afternoon
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 · Yasujiro Ozu
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative films explore spiritual transcendence and the dissolution of ego through human connection and sacrifice.

 Yasujirō Ozu Japan

His intimate family dramas celebrate quiet, selfless devotion and the acceptance of life's impermanence through restrained emotion.

 Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His austere, spiritually profound works examine martyrdom and redemption through characters who surrender themselves for higher truths.