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His films like 'A Simple Life' and 'Coming Home' explore themes of care, maintenance of relationships, and the quiet dignity of those who tend to others and their environments.

Her work, particularly 'The Rider' and 'Nomadland', examines how individuals maintain dignity and purpose while caring for land, animals, and sustaining their communities against economic hardship.

His meditative films often feature characters engaged in quiet, repetitive acts of tending—to spaces, memories, and landscapes—reflecting on the spiritual and temporal dimensions of maintenance and care.