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THEME EXPLORATION

storytelling as survival

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Captive
The Captive
2026 · Alejandro Amenábar
The Man with the Axe
The Man with the Axe
1979 · Mrinal Sen
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
The Sea Gypsies
The Sea Gypsies
1978 · Stewart Raffill
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Alien
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner
2014 · Wes Ball
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alejandro González Iñárritu → Mexico

His films explore how characters construct narratives to endure trauma and moral crises, using storytelling as a means to process survival.

Denis Villeneuve → Canada

He examines how individuals and societies weaponize narrative and language as survival tools against existential threats and psychological collapse.

Yorgos Lanthimos → Greece

His work deconstructs how people create and cling to fictional realities and ritualistic narratives to survive isolation and social dysfunction.

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