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THEME EXPLORATION

individual identity in nature

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate
1993 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Tarzan
Tarzan
1999 · Chris Buck & Kevin Lima
Haiku
Haiku
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
The Botanist
The Botanist
2026 · Jing Yi
Nazarín
Nazarín
1958 · Luis Buñuel
Gloria
Gloria
1999 · Sidney Lumet
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
The Face of Another
The Face of Another
1966 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terrence Malick → USA

His films explore the individual soul's relationship with nature through poetic visual language, questioning human existence within vast natural landscapes.

Werner Herzog → Germany

He examines how individuals confront and are shaped by extreme natural environments, revealing the tension between human will and nature's indifference.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul → Thailand

His films blend personal memory with natural environments, creating meditative explorations of how individual identity dissolves into landscape and time.

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