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THEME EXPLORATION

wandering and exile

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944 · Sergei Eisenstein
Zu Neuen Ufern
Zu Neuen Ufern
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Kundun
Kundun
1997 · Martin Scorsese
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa
2002 · Caroline Link
Barbara
Barbara
2012 · Christian Petzold
Behold a Pale Horse
Behold a Pale Horse
1964 · Fred Zinnemann
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union/Russia

His films like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' explore spiritual displacement and the search for meaning through introspective, meditative narratives about alienation and longing.

Theo Angelopoulos → Greece

His work, particularly 'Ulysses' Gaze' and 'Landscape in the Mist,' centers on journeys through fragmented landscapes and personal exile, reflecting on displacement and historical trauma.

Abbas Kiarostami → Iran

Films like '10' and 'Where Is the Friend's Home?' examine displacement, loss, and wandering within confined spaces and open roads, capturing the poetry of human dislocation.

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