motherhood and loss

His films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' explore the struggles of mothers in poverty and the emotional bonds between mothers and children facing systemic hardship.

Her works 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'You Were Never Really Here' devastatingly examine maternal guilt, loss, and the psychological fractures between mothers and their children.

Films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'The Shoplifters' tenderly explore motherhood, familial bonds, and the profound ways loss shapes identity and belonging.