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THEME EXPLORATION

social class satire

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
The Other Half
The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
No Time for Love
No Time for Love
1943 · Mitchell Leisen
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Titanic
Titanic
1997 · James Cameron
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Joker
Joker
2019 · Todd Phillips
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Buñuel → Spain

His surrealist masterpieces like 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie' and 'Viridiana' dissect class hierarchies and bourgeois hypocrisy with biting absurdist humor.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His realist films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' expose the systemic brutality of class inequality and the struggles of working-poor communities.

Bong Joon-ho → South Korea

From 'Parasite' to 'Snowpiercer,' he crafts darkly comedic thrillers that interrogate class division, economic desperation, and the violent boundaries between social strata.

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