THEME EXPLORATION

childhood poverty

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
A Children's Story
A Children's Story
2004 · Andrea Frazzi & Antonio Frazzi
Young Mothers
Young Mothers
2026 · Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Flunky, Work Hard
Flunky, Work Hard
1931 · Mikio Naruse
Brothers
Brothers
1912 · D.W. Griffith
La Petite marchande d’allumettes
La Petite marchande d’allumettes
1928 · Jean Renoir
L’Argent de poche
L’Argent de poche
1976 · François Truffaut
The Florida Project
The Florida Project
2017 · Sean Baker
My Second Brother
My Second Brother
1959 · Shohei Imamura
My Life as a Dog
My Life as a Dog
1985 · Lasse Hallström
Paper Lives
Paper Lives
2021 · Can Ulkay
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Maria Full of Grace
Maria Full of Grace
2004 · Joshua Marston
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Angel at Sea
Angel at Sea
2009 · Frédéric Dumont
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
Khaled
Khaled
2002 · Asghar Massombagi
Kooky
Kooky
2010 · Jan Svěrák
Much Loved
Much Loved
2015 · Nabil Ayouch
Pelo Malo
Pelo Malo
2013 · Mariana Rondón
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone
2001 · Guillermo del Toro
Erupcja
Erupcja
2026 · Pete Ohs
The Plague
The Plague
2026 · Charlie Polinger
Qingtong & Kuihua
Qingtong & Kuihua
2026 · Chen Kun-hou
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
2026 · Luciano Montes de Oca
All the Invisible Children
All the Invisible Children
2006 · John Woo & Spike Lee
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpiece 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Shoeshine' depict the devastating impact of poverty on children in post-war Italy with unflinching authenticity.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' explore childhood deprivation and systemic inequality with compassionate realism.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' tenderly examine the resilience and emotional complexity of children struggling with poverty and neglect.