ambition and its cost

His films obsessively examine the psychological and moral toll of ambition through morally complex protagonists who sacrifice everything for power and success.

He portrays ambition as a destructive obsession that consumes his characters entirely, exploring how the pursuit of perfection or achievement leads to psychological unraveling.

His work critiques how ambition intersects with class and survival, showing characters trapped by their desperate need to escape poverty and climb social hierarchies.