domestic incompetence

His films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Broker' intimately explore family dysfunction, parental inadequacy, and the messiness of domestic relationships with profound empathy.

Films such as 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' depict working-class families struggling with systemic failures and their own inability to manage fractured domestic lives.

'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'You Were Never Really Here' examine parental failure, emotional abandonment, and the psychological breakdown of family structures.