THEME EXPLORATION

wartime experience

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
The Notebook
The Notebook
2004 · Nick Cassavetes
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
Dunkirk
Dunkirk
2017 · Christopher Nolan
The State of the World
The State of the World
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Babai
Babai
2015 · Visar Morina
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2018 · Radu Jude
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
J’ai pas sommeil
J’ai pas sommeil
1994 · Claire Denis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
William Wyler France]

Wyler crafts sweeping historical epics that celebrate human endurance and moral strength through meticulous direction.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His film 'Ivan's Childhood' unflinchingly explores the psychological devastation of war on innocence through poetic, introspective cinematography.

 Terrence Malick United States

'The Thin Red Line' transcends conventional war narrative to meditate on human mortality, nature, and existential meaning amid the horrors of combat.