THEME EXPLORATION

aging and vanity

35 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Substance
The Substance
2024 · Coralie Fargeat
Father Gets in the Game
Father Gets in the Game
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Amour
Amour
2012 · Michael Haneke
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Don’t Come Knocking
Don’t Come Knocking
2005 · Wim Wenders
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Logan
Logan
2017 · James Mangold
A Useful Life
A Useful Life
2010 · Federico Veiroj
Ashes
Ashes
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Pain and Glory
Pain and Glory
2019 · Pedro Almodóvar
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
35 rhums
35 rhums
2008 · Claire Denis
Camion
Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
Aquarius
Aquarius
2016 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
Cronos
Cronos
1993 · Guillermo del Toro
Calle Malaga
Calle Malaga
2026 · Maryam Touzani
Daadi Ki Shaadi
Daadi Ki Shaadi
2026 · Ashish R. Mohan
Fast Charlie
Fast Charlie
2026 · Phillip Noyce
A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance
1973 · Tony Richardson
Ajantrik
Ajantrik
1958 · Ritwik Ghatak
Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · Bruce Beresford
Il bidone
Il bidone
1955 · Federico Fellini
Ran
Ran
1985 · Akira Kurosawa
Sunday Pursuit
Sunday Pursuit
1990 · Mai Zetterling
The Chorus
The Chorus
1982 · Abbas Kiarostami
Woman in a Dressing Gown
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957 · J. Lee Thompson
Bird Atlas
Bird Atlas
2021 · Olmo Omerzu
And Then There Was Love...
And Then There Was Love...
2022 · Šimon Holý
Fools
Fools
2022 · Tomasz Wasilewski
Three Days of Fish
Three Days of Fish
2024 · Peter Hoogendoorn
Barcelona (un mapa
Barcelona (un mapa
2007 · Ventura Pons
Happy Times
Happy Times
2000 · Zhang Yimou
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Yasujirō Ozu Japan

His films like 'Tokyo Story' and 'An Autumn Afternoon' poignantly explore aging, family bonds, and the quiet acceptance of life's inevitable decline.

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

He examines vanity, physical deterioration, and female desire across ages in films like 'All About My Mother' and 'Pain and Glory,' blending melodrama with emotional depth.

 Agnès Varda France

Her documentary 'The Beaches of Agnès' and narrative films like 'Vagabond' interrogate aging, mortality, and self-image with radical honesty and poetic vision.