THEME EXPLORATION

Political upheaval

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
Power
Power
1986 · Sidney Lumet
Stories of the Revolution
Stories of the Revolution
1960 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
¡Todos a la cárcel!
¡Todos a la cárcel!
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Xala
Xala
1975 · Ousmane Sembène
Babo 73
Babo 73
1964 · Robert Downey Sr
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
1969 · Nagisa Oshima
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
1958 · Ralph Thomas
Stavisky...
Stavisky...
1974 · Alain Resnais
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

Pioneer of revolutionary cinema whose montage techniques dramatized political upheaval in films like Battleship Potemkin and October: Ten Days That Shook the World.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

Documentary-influenced realist whose films depict social and political injustice, examining systemic oppression in works like Kes and I, Daniel Blake.