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THEME EXPLORATION

identity and memory

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Unknown
Unknown
2011 · Jaume Collet-Serra
The Silences of the Palace
The Silences of the Palace
1994 · Moufida Tlatli
La mala educación
La mala educación
2004 · Pedro Almodóvar
Haiku
Haiku
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
Marshal Tito's Spirit
Marshal Tito's Spirit
2000 · Vinko Brešan
Men Don’t Cry
Men Don’t Cry
2017 · Alen Drljević
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Source Code
Source Code
2011 · Duncan Jones
Affection
Affection
2026 · BT Meza
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His films like 'Mirror' and 'Stalker' explore memory as fragmented, subjective experience intertwined with personal and collective identity.

Agnès Varda → France

She excavates memory and identity through personal documentary and essay films, questioning how we remember ourselves and reconstruct our stories.

Christopher Nolan → United Kingdom

His films 'Memento' and 'Inception' interrogate how memory constructs identity and the unreliability of remembrance as a foundation for selfhood.

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