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THEME EXPLORATION

industrial setting

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Three Installations
Three Installations
1952 · Lindsay Anderson
My Father's Private Secretary
My Father's Private Secretary
1976 · Mariano Laurenti
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Poussières d’amour
Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
2008 · Phyllida Lloyd
Making of the Spaceship
Making of the Spaceship
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
A House Divided
A House Divided
1931 · William Wyler
An Alligator Named Daisy
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955 · J. Lee Thompson
Antoine et Antoinette
Antoine et Antoinette
1947 · Jacques Becker
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Walter Lang → Germany

His masterpiece 'Metropolis' defined the visual language of industrial dystopia, exploring the dehumanizing effects of mechanized society.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' deeply examine the human cost of industrial decline and working-class struggle.

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