escape from family

His films like 'Nobody Knows' and 'Shoplifters' explore how individuals, particularly children, navigate fractured families and create alternative belonging through escape.

Works such as 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' depict psychological and physical estrangement from family bonds as central to survival and identity.

Her films 'The Farewell' and 'Nomadland' document characters seeking liberation from familial expectations and conventional ties through displacement and solitude.