existential search

Bergman's films like 'The Seventh Seal' and 'Persona' directly confront mortality, meaning, and the fragmentation of human identity through philosophical inquiry.

Tarkovsky's meditative cinema ('Stalker', 'Mirror') explores spiritual yearning and the human search for truth and purpose through metaphysical visual language.

Antonioni's works ('L'Avventura', 'Blow-Up') examine alienation, meaninglessness, and the difficulty of human connection in modern existence.