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identity and performance

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
Tacones lejanos
Tacones lejanos
1991 · Pedro Almodóvar
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Copie conforme
Copie conforme
2010 · Abbas Kiarostami
Another Telepathic Thing
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 · Jonathan Demme
The Day She Returns
The Day She Returns
2026 · Hong Sang-soo
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
1959 · Luis Buñuel
Le Dernier métro
Le Dernier métro
1980 · François Truffaut
L’Amour par terre
L’Amour par terre
1984 · Jacques Rivette
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Chen Kaige → Chinese

Epic visual storytelling that interweaves personal tragedy with China's turbulent political history.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder → Germany

His films dissect identity as a constructed performance, exploring how characters wear social masks while grappling with authentic selfhood beneath.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His visually stylized worlds blur the line between authentic emotion and performed spectacle, showing characters crafting identities through gesture, fashion, and gesture.

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