THEME EXPLORATION

idealism in conflict with authority

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Tony Richardson
Insurgent
Insurgent
2015 · Robert Schwentke
Red Bells
Red Bells
1982 · Sergey Bondarchuk
Child's Play
Child's Play
1972 · Sidney Lumet
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
La Cérémonie
La Cérémonie
1995 · Claude Chabrol
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006 · Ken Loach
The Rose of the Rancho
The Rose of the Rancho
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
Women in Love
Women in Love
1969 · Ken Russell
Man on the Tracks
Man on the Tracks
1956 · Andrzej Munk
Any de Gràcia
Any de Gràcia
2012 · Ventura Pons
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His films relentlessly pit individual idealism and spiritual transcendence against institutional power, state corruption, and societal conformity.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

He consistently documents how ordinary people's ideals for dignity and justice collide with bureaucratic systems and authoritarian social structures.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative films explore the struggle between spiritual and philosophical idealism and the oppressive machinery of state authority and rigid dogma.