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THEME EXPLORATION

youth and cultural transmission

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Les Statues meurent aussi
Les Statues meurent aussi
1953 · Chris Marker
Daughter of Nectar
Daughter of Nectar
2026 · Lin Chun-ni
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006 · Albert Brooks
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Summertime
Summertime
1955 · David Lean
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Kore-eda → Japan

His films explore how younger generations inherit and navigate cultural values and family traditions, particularly in contemporary Japanese society.

Céline Sciamma → France

She examines how youth discover identity and transmit cultural meanings through intimate relationships, memory, and artistic expression across her distinctive body of work.

Barry Jenkins → United States

His films chronicle how young people of color inherit, reinterpret, and pass down cultural identity, community wisdom, and artistic legacy within their social environments.

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