THEME EXPLORATION

soldier on leave

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Stalker
Stalker
1979 · Andrei Tarkovsky
TON
TON
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Bengawan Solo
Bengawan Solo
1951 · Kon Ichikawa
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1974 · Akira Kurosawa
Day is Done
Day is Done
1955 · Frank Borzage
Frantz
Frantz
2016 · François Ozon
San Pietro (sometimes listed as The Battle of San Pietro
San Pietro (sometimes listed as The Battle of San Pietro
1945 · John Huston
The Clock
The Clock
1945 · Vincente Minnelli
The Fourth War
The Fourth War
1990 · John Frankenheimer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 · Masaki Kobayashi
Uomini contro
Uomini contro
1970 · Francesco Rosi
Tornado
Tornado
1983 · Antonio Margheriti
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films explore soldiers caught between duty and personal longing, examining the psychological weight of war through introspective, meditative narratives.

 Terrence Malick United States

He captures soldiers on leave grappling with existential questions and the collision between domestic life and the trauma of war in poetic visual language.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His works sensitively portray soldiers returning home, exploring the quiet alienation and disconnection they experience reintegrating into civilian society.