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THEME EXPLORATION

mortality and acceptance

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Death Takes a Holiday
Death Takes a Holiday
1934 · Mitchell Leisen
Forasters
Forasters
2008 · Ventura Pons
Love Unto Death
Love Unto Death
1984 · Alain Resnais
L’Homme aux cheveux blues (Sylvie Pierre and Georges Ulmann
L’Homme aux cheveux blues (Sylvie Pierre and Georges Ulmann
1986 · Glauber Rocha
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
My Little Pony: A New Generation
My Little Pony: A New Generation
2022 · José Luis Ucha
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Michel Gondry
Amour
Amour
2012 · Michael Haneke
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Yasujirō Ozu → Japan

His films meditate on the inevitable passage of time and acceptance of life's transience through intimate family moments and gentle, contemplative storytelling.

Ingmar Bergman → Sweden

He unflinchingly examines mortality, faith, and human acceptance through psychologically intense explorations of death and existential despair.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His tender, humanistic films explore mortality and acceptance by finding grace and connection in life's endings and the bonds that transcend death.

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