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THEME EXPLORATION

virtual identity and performance

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Tacones lejanos
Tacones lejanos
1991 · Pedro Almodóvar
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Copie conforme
Copie conforme
2010 · Abbas Kiarostami
Another Telepathic Thing
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 · Jonathan Demme
The Day She Returns
The Day She Returns
2026 · Hong Sang-soo
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
1959 · Luis Buñuel
Le Dernier métro
Le Dernier métro
1980 · François Truffaut
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher → USA

His films like *The Social Network* and *Gone Girl* dissect how identity is constructed, performed, and manipulated through digital platforms and unreliable narratives.

Lynne Ramsay → United Kingdom

Through fragmented narratives in films like *You Were Never Really Here*, she examines how trauma fractures identity and the masks people perform to survive.

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