THEME EXPLORATION

identity and delusion

37 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Nazarín
Nazarín
1958 · Luis Buñuel
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Aga's House
Aga's House
2019 · Lendita Zeqiraj
Cabo Negro
Cabo Negro
2024 · Abdellah Taïa
Di che segno sei?
Di che segno sei?
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
Henry IV
Henry IV
1984 · Marco Bellocchio
My Dearest Señorita
My Dearest Señorita
2026 · Fernando González Molina
The Blue Flower of Novalis
The Blue Flower of Novalis
2018 · Gustavo Vinagre
The Parisian Bitch
The Parisian Bitch
2015 · Noémie Saglio
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Ida
Ida
2013 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Paradise Now
Paradise Now
2005 · Hany Abu-Assad
The Silences of the Palace
The Silences of the Palace
1994 · Moufida Tlatli
A Fantastic Woman
A Fantastic Woman
2017 · Sebastián Lelio
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Four Daughters
Four Daughters
2023 · Kaouther Ben Hania
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate
1993 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
The Assassin
The Assassin
2015 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Cremator
The Cremator
1969 · Juraj Herz
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

His films like Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire deconstruct identity through narrative fractured across timelines and personas, blurring reality and delusion.

 Darren Aronofsky USA

Black Swan and The Fountain explore psychological dissolution and constructed identities, trapping viewers in unreliable perspectives and fractured consciousness.

 Kongkiat Khomsiri Japan

Perfect Blue and Paprika examine identity theft and the collapse of boundaries between dreams and reality through innovative visual storytelling.