difficult childhood

Her films like 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'You Were Never Really Here' explore psychological trauma and fractured childhoods with unflinching visual intensity.

Films such as 'Girlhood' and 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' intimately examine adolescent struggle, identity formation, and the pain of growing up as an outsider.

His works like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things' depict disturbed childhoods and warped family dynamics through darkly surreal and provocative narratives.