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THEME EXPLORATION

social class deception

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Other Half
The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Gli indifferenti (Time of Indifference
Gli indifferenti (Time of Indifference
1988 · Mauro Bolognini
A Plain Song
A Plain Song
1910 · D.W. Griffith
The Bride Wore Red
The Bride Wore Red
1937 · Dorothy Arzner
The Golden Chance
The Golden Chance
1915 · Cecil B. DeMille
La otra/The Other One
La otra/The Other One
1946 · Roberto Gavaldón
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Buñuel → Spain

His surrealist masterpieces systematically deconstruct class hierarchies and expose the absurdity of social pretense through darkly comic subversion.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His realist films meticulously document how class systems perpetuate deception and injustice, revealing the gap between social facade and economic reality.

Yorgos Lanthimos → Greece

His films explore the theatrical performances people enact within rigid social structures, using absurdist narratives to expose class-based manipulation and pretense.

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