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THEME EXPLORATION

the search for truth

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Paul Greengrass
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Dil Se..
Dil Se..
1998 · Mani Ratnam
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
Accused
Accused
1964 · Anubhuti Kashyap
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Marco Tullio Giordana
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa → Japan

His masterpiece Rashomon deconstructs truth itself by presenting the same event from multiple contradictory perspectives, proving that objective truth may be unknowable.

Joachim Trier → Denmark

His provocative films like Breaking the Waves and Antichrist relentlessly interrogate moral and existential truths, forcing viewers to confront uncomfortable realities about faith, suffering, and human nature.

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