social pressure

His films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'The Favourite' meticulously dissect how social hierarchies and unspoken rules manipulate characters into complicity and moral compromise.

His neorealist documentaries and dramas expose how institutional and economic pressures systematically crush individual agency and dignity in working-class lives.

Films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' explore how social conformity, family expectations, and societal judgment force characters into morally ambiguous survival strategies.