THEME EXPLORATION

childhood promises

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
The Miracle of Marcelino
The Miracle of Marcelino
1990 · Ladislao Vajda
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hayao Miyazaki Japan

His films consistently explore the loss of innocence and the weight of promises made in childhood, particularly in *Spirited Away* and *Howl's Moving Castle*.

 Guillermo del Toro Mexico

He crafts deeply personal narratives about childhood wonder and unfulfilled promises in films like *Pan's Labyrinth* and *The Shape of Water*.

 Richard Linklater United States

His *Before* trilogy and *Boyhood* meditate on how childhood dreams and promises evolve and transform through adulthood.