THEME EXPLORATION

child abandonment

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Black Sheep
Black Sheep
1912 · D.W. Griffith
Henry
Henry
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
The Rats
The Rats
1955 · Robert Siodmak
Jumpman
Jumpman
2018 · Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Boy
Boy
1969 · Nagisa Oshima
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
M
M
1931 · Fritz Lang
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense
1999 · M. Night Shyamalan
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpiece 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Shoeshine' poignantly depict abandoned and vulnerable children struggling for survival in post-war poverty.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like 'Kes' and 'Sweet Sixteen' explore the emotional and material abandonment of children by systems and families.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

His films 'Nobody Knows' and 'Shoplifters' intimately examine child abandonment and the makeshift families formed by society's most marginalized.