THEME EXPLORATION

class degradation

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Woman Like Satan
A Woman Like Satan
1958 · Julien Duvivier
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
No Time for Love
No Time for Love
1943 · Mitchell Leisen
The Other Half
The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films chronicle the systematic erosion of working-class dignity through economic policy and social inequality.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

He explores how economic precarity and social marginalization progressively diminish personal agency and self-worth.

 Coen Brothers Belgium

Their work depicts the humiliation and social descent of individuals trapped in cycles of poverty and economic desperation.