funerary rites

His films like 'After Life' and 'The Third Person' intimately explore death, mourning rituals, and the spiritual transition between life and death.

His meditative cinema frequently confronts mortality, loss, and existential farewell, with funerary themes woven through works like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror'.

His visually poetic films often center on grief, remembrance, and the ritualistic nature of how we honor and process loss and absence.