THEME EXPLORATION

wartime separation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms
1932 · Frank Borzage

The Railway Children Return

The Railway Children Return
2022 · Morgan Matthews

Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy

Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song

Scenes from a Marriage

Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman

Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti

Schlussakkord
1936 · Douglas Sirk

The Notebook
2004 · Nick Cassavetes

Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar

Submergence
2017 · Wim Wenders

Dunkirk
2017 · Christopher Nolan

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

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Terrence Malick USA

His films like 'The Thin Red Line' poetically explore the emotional and spiritual fracture of soldiers separated from loved ones during warfare.

Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His films delicately portray the quiet devastation of wartime separation across generations in East Asia with visual subtlety and emotional depth.