THEME EXPLORATION

democracy vs dictatorship

13 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
En nombre de Dios
En nombre de Dios
1987 · Patricio Guzmán
Broads
Broads
1989 · Christian Petzold
La Marseillaise
La Marseillaise
1938 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil (Sylvio Tendler
Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil (Sylvio Tendler
2003 · Glauber Rocha
The Evil That Men Do
The Evil That Men Do
1984 · J. Lee Thompson
The Dictator
The Dictator
2012 · Larry Charles
Argentina, mayo de 1969. Los caminos de la liberación
Argentina, mayo de 1969. Los caminos de la liberación
1969 · Fernando Solanas
Commando Leopard
Commando Leopard
1985 · Antonio Margheriti
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
1969 · Nagisa Oshima
Raízes do Brasil
Raízes do Brasil
2004 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Cold Sweat
Cold Sweat
2010 · Adrián García Bogliano
Fahrenheit 11/9
Fahrenheit 11/9
2018 · Michael Moore
The Feast of the Goat
The Feast of the Goat
2006 · Luis Llosa
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary montage techniques in films like *Battleship Potemkin* and *October* explored the tension between individual agency and collective power under authoritarianism.

 Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia

His films (*Leviathan*, *Loveless*) critique authoritarian power structures and institutional corruption while examining how totalitarianism corrodes human relationships and individual freedom.