family financial struggle

His films like *Kes* and *I, Daniel Blake* unflinchingly depict working-class families struggling against economic systems and poverty.

Films such as *Shoplifters* and *Broker* explore families held together by desperation and love despite economic hardship and social marginalization.

His neorealist masterpiece *Bicycle Thieves* captures the devastating impact of poverty on a father-son relationship and working-class dignity.