THEME EXPLORATION

fate and fortune

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
What the Daisy Said
What the Daisy Said
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Just My Luck
Just My Luck
2006 · Donald Petrie
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His films like 'Rashomon' and 'Ikiru' profoundly explore how fate shapes human destiny and how individuals respond to life's inevitable struggles.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic works ('In the Mood for Love', '2046') examine chance encounters and missed connections as forces that determine romantic and personal destinies.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His meditative cinema ('The Assassin', 'A Time to Live and a Time to Die') meditates on how historical forces and personal choices intertwine to create one's fate.