THEME EXPLORATION

debt and financial hardship

29 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
365 Nights
365 Nights
1948 · Kon Ichikawa
Late Chrysanthemums
Late Chrysanthemums
1954 · Mikio Naruse
Bamako
Bamako
2006 · Abderrahmane Sissako
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
To Live
To Live
1994 · Zhang Yimou
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Gore Verbinski
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Ang Lee
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Abus de faiblesse
Abus de faiblesse
2013 · Catherine Breillat
A Children's Story
A Children's Story
2004 · Andrea Frazzi & Antonio Frazzi
Blaga's Lessons
Blaga's Lessons
2023 · Stephan Komandarev
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
Kes
Kes
1970 · Ken Loach
Restoration
Restoration
2011 · Yossi Madmoni
The Big Short
The Big Short
2015 · Adam McKay
Taipei Story
Taipei Story
1985 · Edward Yang
Boys Go to Jupiter
Boys Go to Jupiter
2026 · Julian Glander
Gaayapadda Simham
Gaayapadda Simham
2026 · Kasyap Sreenivas
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
2026 · Daniel Guzmán
Kara
Kara
2026 · Vignesh Raja
Young Mothers
Young Mothers
2026 · Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Yellow Letters
Yellow Letters
2026 · İlker Çatak
A Great American Tragedy
A Great American Tragedy
1972 · J. Lee Thompson
Cumbite
Cumbite
1964 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Nacional III
Nacional III
1982 · Luis García Berlanga
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' unflinchingly depict how modern welfare systems and economic inequality trap ordinary people in cycles of debt and desperation.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' explore poverty and financial desperation with compassion, showing how families survive on the margins when debt and lack of resources become inescapable.