class mobility

His films consistently chronicle the struggles of working-class individuals navigating systemic barriers to social advancement, exploring how economic structures limit mobility.

His work, particularly Parasite and Snowpiercer, uses genre and dark comedy to interrogate class boundaries and the impossibility of genuine social mobility across rigid hierarchies.

Through character-driven narratives, he examines how class origins shape opportunities, relationships, and identity, showing the psychological complexity of navigating between social strata.