THEME EXPLORATION

class deception

28 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
A Change of Heart
A Change of Heart
1909 · D.W. Griffith
El gran calavera
El gran calavera
1949 · Luis Buñuel
Desert Dust
Desert Dust
1927 · William Wyler
Five Days One Summer
Five Days One Summer
1982 · Fred Zinnemann
Gli indifferenti (Time of Indifference
Gli indifferenti (Time of Indifference
1988 · Mauro Bolognini
I Dood It
I Dood It
1943 · Vincente Minnelli
Hit and Run
Hit and Run
1966 · Mikio Naruse
Jenny
Jenny
1936 · Marcel Carné
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Marry Me
Marry Me
1949 · Terence Fisher
The Traveler
The Traveler
1974 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Draughtsman's Contract
The Draughtsman's Contract
1982 · Peter Greenaway
A Simple Favor
A Simple Favor
2018 · Paul Feig
The Uncle
The Uncle
2022 · Andrija Mardešić & David Kapac
A Fool And A Hater
A Fool And A Hater
1959 · Yannis Dalianidis
Happy Times
Happy Times
2000 · Zhang Yimou
I Graduated, But…
I Graduated, But…
1929 · Yasujiro Ozu
La otra/The Other One
La otra/The Other One
1946 · Roberto Gavaldón
Mr. & Mrs. '55
Mr. & Mrs. '55
1955 · Guru Dutt
Return to the 36th Chamber
Return to the 36th Chamber
1980 · Kar-leung Lau
Borgman
Borgman
2013 · Alex van Warmerdam
A Winter Getaway
A Winter Getaway
2021 · Steven R. Monroe
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films expose how institutional systems deceive the working class through bureaucratic cruelty and social welfare traps.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

He examines how class deception operates through family bonds and social invisibility, particularly regarding poverty and marginalization.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His films reveal how class hierarchies are maintained through subtle deceptions, corruption, and the abuse of power within supposedly fair systems.