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THEME EXPLORATION

money lending

11 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Pleasures of the Flesh
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965 · Nagisa Oshima
Gomorrah
Gomorrah
2008 · Matteo Garrone
Big City
Big City
1937 · Frank Borzage
The Family Friend
The Family Friend
2006 · Paolo Sorrentino
The Golden Bed
The Golden Bed
1925 · Cecil B. DeMille
Wild Side
Wild Side
1995 · Donald Cammell
The Tournament
The Tournament
2009 · Scott Mann
House of 9
House of 9
2005 · Steven R. Monroe
My Secret Cache
My Secret Cache
1997 · Shinobu Yaguchi
Scrooge McDuck and Money
Scrooge McDuck and Money
1967 · Hamilton Luske
Tiger Cage II
Tiger Cage II
1990 · Yuen Woo-Ping
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese → USA

His films like 'Goodfellas' and 'Casino' extensively explore debt, financial desperation, and the moral compromises involved in borrowing and lending within criminal economies.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

Films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' intimately explore economic desperation, informal lending, and how financial vulnerability shapes human relationships and survival.

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