THEME EXPLORATION

trauma and displacement

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Essential Killing
Essential Killing
2010 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Secret Sunshine
Secret Sunshine
2007 · Lee Chang-dong
Fremont
Fremont
2023 · Babak Jalali
Banzo
Banzo
2024 · Margarida Cardoso
Nobody's Calling
Nobody's Calling
1960 · Kazimierz Kutz
Keeping Mum
Keeping Mum
2023 · Émilie Brisavoine
The Real End of the Great War
The Real End of the Great War
1957 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice
1982 · Alan J. Pakula
The Song of the Auricanturi
The Song of the Auricanturi
2023 · Camila Rodríguez Triana
The Road Back
The Road Back
1937 · James Whale
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His work examines historical trauma and personal displacement across generations, using long takes and poetic composition to capture emotional estrangement and memory.

 Chloé Zhao China/USA

Her films investigate economic displacement and emotional trauma through intimate realism, focusing on marginalized individuals navigating loss and reinvention.