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cancer awareness

15 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

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
Love Is All You Need
Love Is All You Need
2012 · Susanne Bier
The Family Jewels
The Family Jewels
2004 · Robert Schwentke
Sodomites
Sodomites
1998 · Gaspar Noé
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lynne Ramsay → United Kingdom

Her films explore trauma, mortality, and the psychological toll of illness through fragmented narratives and visceral visual storytelling.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His socially conscious documentaries and dramas examine healthcare systems and how illness impacts working-class lives with compassionate realism.

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