THEME EXPLORATION

solitude and isolation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Quartet for the End of Time
Quartet for the End of Time
1983 · Alfonso Cuarón
Windows
Windows
1974 · Peter Greenaway
Days
Days
2021 · Tsai Ming-liang
Another Time
Another Time
2002 · Stephen Dwoskin
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Lighthouse Keeper
Lighthouse Keeper
2009 · Anonymous Fixture
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Summertime
Summertime
1955 · David Lean
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His philosophical films like *Stalker* and *Mirror* explore profound spiritual and existential isolation through meditative visual storytelling.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

*Nomadland* and *The Rider* poignantly capture the solitude of marginalized individuals navigating modern American landscapes.

 Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His austere, intimate films like *Vampyr* and *Gertrud* probe the psychological depths of human loneliness and alienation.