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cancer awareness

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Last Dance
Last Dance
1996 · Bruce Beresford
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2022 · Joel Crawford
Cléo from 5 to 7
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962 · Agnès Varda
This and a Million More Lights
This and a Million More Lights
2003 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
1992 · Jean Rouch
The Fight Against Cancer
The Fight Against Cancer
1947 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Toothache
Toothache
1980 · Abbas Kiarostami
Forasters
Forasters
2008 · Ventura Pons
The Sky Crawlers
The Sky Crawlers
2008 · Mamoru Oshii
Wit
Wit
2001 · Mike Nichols
Five
Five
2011 · Penelope Spheeris
Life or Something Like It
Life or Something Like It
2002 · Stephen Herek
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Leigh Whannell → United Kingdom

His film 'Another Year' subtly explores mortality and disease within intimate human relationships and family dynamics.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His work frequently examines terminal illness and the emotional landscapes of families facing death, particularly in films like 'After Life' and 'Still Walking'.

Ari Aster → United States

His films confront grief, loss, and bodily trauma as visceral psychological experiences, using disease and mortality as central emotional anchors.

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