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THEME EXPLORATION

urban escapism

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Dodes’ka-den
Dodes’ka-den
1970 · Akira Kurosawa
Tasogare Sakaba
Tasogare Sakaba
1955 · Tomu Uchida
The Lovers
The Lovers
1958 · Louis Malle
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His neon-soaked, dreamlike cinematography transforms urban landscapes into intimate emotional refuges where characters escape isolation through aesthetic beauty and fleeting connections.

Hirokazu Kore-eda → Japan

His films explore how urban outsiders and marginalized communities find belonging and meaning in overlooked spaces and small human moments within sprawling cities.

Agnès Varda → France

She documents the poetic underbelly of city life, capturing how ordinary people and street culture create pockets of beauty and freedom within urban constraints.

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