THEME EXPLORATION

unfulfilled dreams

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Persona
Persona
1966 · Ingmar Bergman
Paura e amore
Paura e amore
1988 · Margarethe von Trotta
Inception
Inception
2010 · Christopher Nolan
Ratatouille
Ratatouille
2007 · Brad Bird
Up
Up
2009 · Pete Docter
Distant
Distant
2002 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds
1955 · Mikio Naruse
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul
2017 · Ildikó Enyedi
Cemetery of Splendor
Cemetery of Splendor
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Coco
Coco
2017 · Lee Unkrich
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Cuba Libre
Cuba Libre
1996 · Christian Petzold
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

His films intimately explore ordinary lives marked by quiet disappointments and the gentle acceptance of dreams that will never materialize.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

Through deeply human character studies, he captures the melancholy of working-class aspirations repeatedly thwarted by circumstance and time.

 Chloé Zhao China

Her films document marginalized people navigating a world that has systematically denied them their hopes, with poignant dignity and realism.