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THEME EXPLORATION

identity and disguise

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Mulan
Mulan
1998 · Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
A Midnight Cupid
A Midnight Cupid
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Nazarín
Nazarín
1958 · Luis Buñuel
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Christopher McQuarrie → USA

Master of intricate narratives that obscure truth through unreliable perspective and narrative misdirection.

Neil Jordan → Ireland

Explores fractured identities and dangerous desires within morally ambiguous narratives steeped in Irish politics.

David Fincher → USA

His films obsessively explore fractured identities and hidden personas, most notably in 'Fight Club' and 'Gone Girl' where characters systematically deceive and reinvent themselves.

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