legacy and trauma

His films obsessively excavate family dysfunction and psychological wounds passed through generations, particularly in works like 'Fanny and Alexander' and 'The Seventh Seal.'

His horror films ('Hereditary,' 'Midsommar') directly confront how ancestral trauma and family curses manifest in present-day characters through deeply unsettling narratives.

She constructs fragmented narratives ('You Were Never Really Here,' 'We Need to Talk About Kevin') that explore how childhood trauma and inherited violence shape identity and behavior.