THEME EXPLORATION

economic transition

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
12:08 East of Bucharest
12:08 East of Bucharest
2006 · Corneliu Porumboiu
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
1973 · Alexander Kluge
I Only Want You to Love Me
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Distant
Distant
2002 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
Empty Nets
Empty Nets
2023 · Behrooz Karamizade
Marshal Tito's Spirit
Marshal Tito's Spirit
2000 · Vinko Brešan
Prosperity for 2008
Prosperity for 2008
2008 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films chronicle the human cost of economic restructuring, deindustrialization, and welfare state collapse through intimate character studies.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

His bleak visual narratives capture the spiritual and material devastation of post-Soviet economic transition in Eastern Europe.

 Jia Zhangke China

His work documents the dislocations and contradictions of China's rapid capitalist transformation through the experiences of displaced workers and migrant communities.