THEME EXPLORATION

failed ambitions

12 films · 2 directors
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria/USA

His masterpieces like Sunset Boulevard and The Apartment dissect the crushing disappointments of dreamers in Hollywood and corporate America with dark wit and devastating empathy.

 François Truffaut France

His recurring characters struggle between artistic ambition and life's mundane realities, most poignantly in The 400 Blows and Jules and Jim, capturing the melancholy of unfulfilled potential.