THEME EXPLORATION

working-class Glasgow

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
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
No Time for Love
No Time for Love
1943 · Mitchell Leisen
The Other Half
The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor
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
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like 'My Name Is Joe' and 'Sweet Sixteen' authentically depict the struggles and dignity of working-class Glasgow communities.

 Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom

Her films 'Ratcatcher' and 'You Were Never Really Here' explore working-class Glasgow and Scottish communities with poetic yet unflinching realism.