THEME EXPLORATION

domestic incompetence

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
Vormittagsspuk
Vormittagsspuk
1928 · Hans Richter
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
The Scent of Green Papaya
The Scent of Green Papaya
1993 · Tran Anh Hung
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder
1954 · Alfred Hitchcock
Was It Us?
Was It Us?
1990 · Robert Iscove
Don't Look Up
Don't Look Up
2021 · Adam McKay
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jacques Tati France

His films like Playtime and Mon Oncle brilliantly satirize the failures of modern domestic life and domestic spaces through physical comedy and visual chaos.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His improvisational dramas like Secrets & Lies and Another Year explore the emotional incompetence and dysfunction within family relationships and domestic environments.