clan dynamics

His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' intimately explore chosen and biological families, examining how clan bonds form through circumstance, love, and survival.

His work subverts family structures and clan hierarchies, as seen in 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'The Favourite,' revealing the dark rituals and power dynamics within intimate groups.

His meditative films like 'Winter Sleep' and 'Distant' dissect multi-generational family tensions, inheritance conflicts, and the fracturing of clan cohesion in modern times.