THEME EXPLORATION

youth offenders

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
À Bout de souffle
À Bout de souffle
1960 · François Truffaut
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
The Little Chaos
The Little Chaos
1966 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
1988 · Christian Petzold
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
25 Watts
25 Watts
2001 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever
1977 · John Badham
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Tony Richardson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His social realist films like 'Kes' and 'Sweet Sixteen' compassionately examine the lives of disadvantaged youth caught in cycles of crime and poverty.

 Mathieu Kassovitz France

His film 'La Haine' powerfully explores urban alienation and youth delinquency in the French suburbs through the lens of three young men.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' delicately investigate how youth become offenders through systemic neglect and family dysfunction.