friendship and separation

His films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express' poignantly capture the melancholy of missed connections and emotional distance between characters who long to be together.

Through films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Shoplifters,' he explores how bonds of friendship and family are tested by separation, loss, and the passage of time.

His socially conscious films such as 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' depict how economic circumstances and social systems forcefully separate friends and loved ones, highlighting human resilience and solidarity.