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THEME EXPLORATION

class and desperation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
After Hours
After Hours
1985 · Martin Scorsese
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Park Chan-wook
Blue Collar
Blue Collar
1978 · Paul Schrader
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
2026 · Daniel Guzmán
365 Nights
365 Nights
1948 · Kon Ichikawa
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
One is Business, the Other Crime
One is Business, the Other Crime
1912 · D.W. Griffith
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films consistently portray working-class struggles and economic desperation through intimate, realist narratives that expose systemic inequality.

Hirokazu Kore-eda → Japan

He examines class divisions and survival desperation across his films, revealing how poverty and social stratification fracture families and communities.

Coen Brothers → Belgium

Their neo-realist cinema documents the desperation of the working poor and marginalized, exploring how economic precarity shapes human dignity and choices.

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