THEME EXPLORATION

displacement and return

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Monsoon
Monsoon
2019 · Hong Khaou
Xoftex
Xoftex
2024 · Noaz Deshe
Retour à Sarajevo
Retour à Sarajevo
1996 · Philippe Grandrieux
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
2016 · Maren Ade
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Someone to Remember
Someone to Remember
1943 · Robert Siodmak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films obsessively explore spiritual displacement and the yearning for return through metaphysical journeys across desolate landscapes.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

She documents the displacement of modern nomadic lives while exploring humanity's search for belonging and home in contemporary America.

 Atom Egoyan Canada

His fragmented narratives examine displacement through cultural exile, memory, and the impossibility of returning to lost pasts and communities.