THEME EXPLORATION

Italian society satire

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Being There
Being There
1979 · Hal Ashby
I ragazzi dei Parioli
I ragazzi dei Parioli
1959 · Sergio Corbucci
The Spirit of ’45
The Spirit of ’45
2013 · Ken Loach
002 agenti segretissimi
002 agenti segretissimi
1964 · Lucio Fulci
Granny's Got Talent
Granny's Got Talent
2015 · Shin Han-sol
Zootopia
Zootopia
2016 · Byron Howard & Rich Moore
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Her
Her
2013 · Spike Jonze
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name
2017 · Luca Guadagnino
Obituary for a Murderer
Obituary for a Murderer
1991 · Michael Haneke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Federico Fellini Italy

His films like 'La Dolce Vita' and '8½' dissect Italian society's decadence, hypocrisy, and existential emptiness through dreamlike satire.

 Marco Bellocchio Italy

He employs sharp political and social critique in films like 'Vincere' and 'Blood of My Blood' to expose Italian institutional corruption and bourgeois contradictions.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His provocative works such as 'Accattone' and 'Teorema' satirize Italian middle-class morality, consumerism, and social hypocrisy with radical formal experimentation.