THEME EXPLORATION

working class protagonist

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Child of the Ghetto
A Child of the Ghetto
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Au Bonheur des Dames
Au Bonheur des Dames
1930 · Julien Duvivier
Follow the Star
Follow the Star
1978 · John Woo
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
1936 · Mikio Naruse
Bone
Bone
1972 · Larry Cohen
Let’s Make Love
Let’s Make Love
1960 · George Cukor
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His entire body of work centers on working-class struggles with unflinching social realism and deep empathy for ordinary people fighting systemic injustice.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

He creates intimate character studies of working-class lives through improvisation-based filmmaking that captures authentic human dignity and vulnerability.