THEME EXPLORATION

unfulfilled ambitions

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Distant
Distant
2002 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds
1955 · Mikio Naruse
Paura e amore
Paura e amore
1988 · Margarethe von Trotta
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Pilots
Pilots
1995 · Christian Petzold
Air of Paris
Air of Paris
1954 · Marcel Carné
I vitelloni
I vitelloni
1953 · Federico Fellini
Al di là delle nuvole
Al di là delle nuvole
1995 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 · Luis Buñuel
The Slugger’s Wife
The Slugger’s Wife
1985 · Hal Ashby
At Full Throttle
At Full Throttle
2021 · Miro Remo
La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970 · Roberto Gavaldón
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His introspective, meditative works explore the psychological and spiritual toll of abandoned aspirations and the gap between human longing and reality.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express' capture the melancholy beauty of missed connections and unfulfilled romantic and professional desires.