biological vs. adoptive family

His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' profoundly explore how family bonds transcend blood relations through intimate character studies.

His socially conscious dramas often examine chosen families and kinship formed through circumstance rather than genetics, particularly in working-class contexts.

Her films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'Ratcatcher' explore fractured family dynamics and the psychological impact of parental bonds—biological and otherwise.