THEME EXPLORATION

failed ambitions

16 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
A Dedicated Machine
A Dedicated Machine
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
A Face From the Past
A Face From the Past
1941 · Mikio Naruse
After Liverpool
After Liverpool
1974 · Michael Haneke
Geuk-jang-jeon
Geuk-jang-jeon
2005 · Hong Sang-soo
Il Grido
Il Grido
1957 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Miracle of Flight
Miracle of Flight
1974 · Terry Gilliam
The End of the Day
The End of the Day
1939 · Julien Duvivier
Going! Going! Gosh!
Going! Going! Gosh!
1952 · Chuck Jones
Una confusión cotidiana
Una confusión cotidiana
1950 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
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
After the Storm
After the Storm
2016 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Action
Action
1980 · Tinto Brass
Sunset in My Hometown
Sunset in My Hometown
2018 · Lee Joon-ik
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His prolific work dissects the desperation of ordinary people pursuing impossible desires, as seen in 'The Merchant of Four Seasons' and 'Fear Eats the Soul.'

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His character-driven narratives intimately chronicle the quiet heartbreak of working-class lives where dreams gradually erode against economic hardship and personal limitations.