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ancestral homes

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Colours of Time
Colours of Time
2026 · Cédric Klapisch
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
1967 · Jean Rouch
The 8-Tomb Village
The 8-Tomb Village
1996 · Kon Ichikawa
Baron Blood
Baron Blood
1972 · Mario Bava
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Horus: Prince of the Sun
1968 · Isao Takahata
The Ceremony
The Ceremony
1971 · Nagisa Oshima
Exhuma
Exhuma
2024 · Jang Jae-hyun
The Haunted Palace
The Haunted Palace
1963 · Roger Corman
Moana 2
Moana 2
2024 · David G. Derrick Jr. & Jason Hand
Forever and a Day
Forever and a Day
1943 · Robert Stevenson
Mortuary Blues
Mortuary Blues
1990 · Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
Naked Under the Moon
Naked Under the Moon
1999 · Lav Diaz
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luchino Visconti → Italy

His films obsessively explore the decay and grandeur of aristocratic estates as metaphors for historical transformation and family legacy.

Hayao Miyazaki → Japan

He frequently depicts ancestral spaces—old houses, shrines, and rural homes—as repositories of spiritual memory and cultural continuity.

Hou Hsiao-hsien → Taiwan

His contemplative cinema treats family homes and inherited spaces as sites where personal and national histories intertwine across generations.

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