mortality and cancer

Bergman's *The Seventh Seal* and *Cries and Whispers* are canonical explorations of mortality, faith, and death's intimate presence in human life.

Loach's *I, Daniel Blake* and *Sorry We Missed You* examine how systems destroy bodies and spirits, with cancer and illness as metaphors for societal indifference.

Koreeda's *After Life* and *The Truth* tenderly navigate memory, mortality, and the legacy we leave behind with profound humanistic sensitivity.