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His film '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' explores the devastating consequences of illegal abortion and reproductive coercion in communist Romania.

His provocative works like 'Funny Games' and 'Code Unknown' examine violence against children and societal indifference to suffering with unflinching intensity.

His film 'mother!' uses allegory to explore themes of creation, destruction, and the violation of maternal sanctity through surreal psychological horror.