THEME EXPLORATION

financial obligations

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Ang Lee
Abus de faiblesse
Abus de faiblesse
2013 · Catherine Breillat
Blaga's Lessons
Blaga's Lessons
2023 · Stephan Komandarev
The Big Short
The Big Short
2015 · Adam McKay
Taipei Story
Taipei Story
1985 · Edward Yang
Boys Go to Jupiter
Boys Go to Jupiter
2026 · Julian Glander
Ajosepo 2: The Gathering
Ajosepo 2: The Gathering
2026
Kara
Kara
2026 · Vignesh Raja
365 Nights
365 Nights
1948 · Kon Ichikawa
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ari Aster USA

His films explore the inescapable psychological and emotional debts that characters owe to family, trauma, and fate.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

He examines the complex financial and moral obligations within families and society, particularly how economic hardship shapes relationships.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His work directly confronts systemic financial obligations and the human cost of economic inequality and welfare debt.