THEME EXPLORATION

exile and return

39 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Retour à Sarajevo
Retour à Sarajevo
1996 · Philippe Grandrieux
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944 · Sergei Eisenstein
Zu Neuen Ufern
Zu Neuen Ufern
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Kundun
Kundun
1997 · Martin Scorsese
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa
2002 · Caroline Link
Superman Returns
Superman Returns
2006 · Bryan Singer
Sinners
Sinners
2025 · Ryan Coogler
The Shadow's Edge
The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Larry Yang
Behold a Pale Horse
Behold a Pale Horse
1964 · Fred Zinnemann
Besieged
Besieged
1998 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
1979 · Francesco Rosi
Cumbite
Cumbite
1964 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil (Sylvio Tendler
Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil (Sylvio Tendler
2003 · Glauber Rocha
Haruka, Nostalgia
Haruka, Nostalgia
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Kings of the Sun
Kings of the Sun
1963 · J. Lee Thompson
Nostalgia
Nostalgia
1983 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Scattered Clouds
Scattered Clouds
1967 · Mikio Naruse
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth
2000 · Terence Davies
Chile: Obstinate Memory
Chile: Obstinate Memory
1997 · Patricio Guzmán
Tinnitus
Tinnitus
2022 · Tsering Yangkyi
Confucius
Confucius
1940 · Fei Mu
La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970 · Roberto Gavaldón
Perón: Political Update and Doctrine for the Seizure of Power
Perón: Political Update and Doctrine for the Seizure of Power
1971 · Fernando Solanas
The Travelling Players
The Travelling Players
1975 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
The Sea and You
The Sea and You
1952 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Un berenar a Ginebra
Un berenar a Ginebra
2013 · Ventura Pons
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2016 · Paul W. S. Anderson
Genus Pan
Genus Pan
2020 · Lav Diaz
The Book of Fish
The Book of Fish
2021 · Lee Joon-ik
The Beast Below
The Beast Below
2022 · Chalit Krileadmongkon
The War Is Over
The War Is Over
1966 · Alain Resnais
Young and Dangerous 2
Young and Dangerous 2
1996 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
The King's Warden
The King's Warden
2026 · Chang Hang-jun
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' explore spiritual displacement and the yearning to return to lost homelands through meditative, philosophical narratives.

 Atom Egoyan Canada

Armenian-Canadian filmmaker whose works including 'Ararat' and 'Calendar' directly confront diasporic identity, cultural exile, and attempted reconciliation with ancestral roots.

 Theo Angelopoulos Greece

His sweeping long-take films like 'Ulysses' Gaze' and 'The Other Sea' are elegies about return, memory, and the impossible homecoming in post-war European landscapes.