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THEME EXPLORATION

identity and delusion

12 films · 3 directors
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
Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games
2000 · John Frankenheimer
Cabo Negro
Cabo Negro
2024 · Abdellah Taïa
Di che segno sei?
Di che segno sei?
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
Ernesto
Ernesto
1979 · Salvatore Samperi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joe Lynch → USA

His films like Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead deliberately fracture narrative and identity, forcing viewers to question what is real versus constructed delusion.

Kongkiat Khomsiri → Japan

Perfect Blue and Paprika explore the dissolution of identity through psychological horror and blurred realities where dreams, performance, and self collapse into one another.

Denis Villeneuve → Canada

Enemy and Arrival examine identity doubles and alternate perceptions of reality, probing how our sense of self is fragile and contextual.

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