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THEME EXPLORATION

food theft

17 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Chips Ahoy
Chips Ahoy
1956 · Jack Kinney
Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation
2006 · Richard Linklater
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
In the Grey
In the Grey
2026 · Guy Ritchie
Sausage Party
Sausage Party
2016 · Greg Tiernan
Blood Orange
Blood Orange
1953 · Terence Fisher
Caccia tragica
Caccia tragica
1947 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Heat and Mud
Heat and Mud
1950 · Kon Ichikawa
How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million
1966 · William Wyler
Money Crazy
Money Crazy
1977 · John Woo
Raining in the Mountain
Raining in the Mountain
1979 · King Hu
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Christina
Christina
1960 · Yannis Dalianidis
Here We for Example...
Here We for Example...
1977 · Sergio Corbucci
Les Trésors de satan
Les Trésors de satan
1902 · Georges Méliès
The Saint
The Saint
1997 · Phillip Noyce
The Singing Thief
The Singing Thief
1969 · Chang Cheh
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica → Italy

His neorealist masterpiece 'Bicycle Thieves' explores desperation and theft born from poverty, with food security as an underlying concern of survival.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like 'I, Daniel Blake' directly confront food insecurity and the moral complexities of theft driven by systemic deprivation.

Hirokazu Kore-eda → Japan

His film 'Shoplifters' centers on a family surviving through theft including food, examining class struggle and the ethics of survival with profound humanity.

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