family disconnection

His films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Shoplifters' explore how families fracture through economic pressure, secrets, and the gaps between biological and emotional bonds.

In 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar', he dissects familial trauma, inherited dysfunction, and the inability of family members to truly support one another through crisis.

Her films 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' expose the profound isolation and breakdown of communication within families facing psychological and moral fracture.