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THEME EXPLORATION

disability and trauma

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Hymn to a Tired Man
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968 · Masaki Kobayashi
Lucky Star
Lucky Star
1929 · Frank Borzage
The Men
The Men
1950 · Fred Zinnemann
The Real End of the Great War
The Real End of the Great War
1957 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Keeping Mum
Keeping Mum
2023 · Émilie Brisavoine
Bitter Waters
Bitter Waters
1954 · Sergio Corbucci
The Monkey
The Monkey
2025 · Osgood Perkins
Night Swim
Night Swim
2024 · Bryce McGuire
Apple of My Eye
Apple of My Eye
2017 · Castille Landon
Death in Love
Death in Love
2008 · Boaz Yakin
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His films like 'A Grain of Sand' and 'Afterlife' intimately explore how characters process trauma and disability through quiet, compassionate storytelling.

Lynne Ramsay → United Kingdom

Works such as 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' unflinchingly examine psychological trauma and its manifestations through fragmented, visceral filmmaking.

Yorgos Lanthimos → Greece

Films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things' explore bodily difference, psychological trauma, and human vulnerability through darkly surreal and provocative narratives.

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