THEME EXPLORATION

debt and poverty

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Golden Louis
The Golden Louis
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Tsuchi
Tsuchi
1939 · Tomu Uchida
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' unflinchingly document how poverty and systemic debt trap working-class families in modern Britain.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

Films such as 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' explore how poverty and financial desperation force families into moral compromises and illegal acts.