THEME EXPLORATION

survival and desperation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Le Salaire de la peur
Le Salaire de la peur
1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre *
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre *
1948 · John Huston
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
Pusher
Pusher
1996 · Nicolas Winding Refn
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 Tunnel
The Tunnel
2019 · Pål Øie
Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
1985 · Gaspar Noé
Virus
Virus
1980 · Kinji Fukasaku
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joe Carnahan USA

High-octane genre cinema blending pulpy action with gritty realism and dark humor.

 Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia

His bleak, meditative works such as 'Stalker' and 'Leviathan' explore survival in morally ambiguous worlds where human desperation confronts indifference and corruption.

 Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries and films like 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' and 'Fitzcarraldo' obsessively examine human desperation pushed to extremes against hostile natural and social forces.