trauma and past

His films like 'Irreversible' and 'Enter the Void' employ fragmented narratives and visceral imagery to explore how trauma fractures memory and identity.

Her works such as 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' use fragmented editing and unreliable perspectives to portray psychological trauma and its lasting consequences.

His films 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' embed generational trauma and unprocessed grief within deeply disturbing narratives that refuse conventional catharsis.