THEME EXPLORATION

Exile and redemption

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Zu Neuen Ufern
Zu Neuen Ufern
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Die Ruckkehr
Die Ruckkehr
1990 · Margarethe von Trotta
Nostalgia
Nostalgia
1983 · Andrei Tarkovsky
La Bandera
La Bandera
1935 · Julien Duvivier
Scattered Clouds
Scattered Clouds
1967 · Mikio Naruse
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
2018 · Wes Anderson
The Squaw Man
The Squaw Man
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
They Dare Not Love
They Dare Not Love
1941 · James Whale
Hero
Hero
1992 · Stephen Frears
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010 · R. Ellis Frazier
Rainy Dog
Rainy Dog
1997 · Takashi Miike
The King's Warden
The King's Warden
2026 · Chang Hang-jun
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films explore spiritual exile and the redemptive power of memory, faith, and artistic creation through metaphysical narratives.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His work captures emotional exile in modern cities and the redemption found through love, nostalgia, and visual poetry.