THEME EXPLORATION

mourning ceremony

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Funérailles au Ghana
Funérailles au Ghana
1960 · Jean Rouch
The Princess Gohime
The Princess Gohime
1992 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
As the Bells Rang Out
As the Bells Rang Out
1910 · D.W. Griffith
A Wedding
A Wedding
1978 · Robert Altman
Di Cavalcanti
Di Cavalcanti
1977 · Glauber Rocha
La Chambre Verte
La Chambre Verte
1978 · François Truffaut
Last Tango in Paris
Last Tango in Paris
1972 · Bernardo Bertolucci
8 ½ Women
8 ½ Women
1999 · Peter Greenaway
Sieranevada
Sieranevada
2016 · Cristi Puiu
Lapilli
Lapilli
2024 · Paula Ďurinová
Elliott’s Suicide
Elliott’s Suicide
2007 · Kenneth Anger
Le Sacre d’Edouard VII
Le Sacre d’Edouard VII
1902 · Georges Méliès
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative films explore grief, loss, and spiritual mourning through long, contemplative sequences that transform personal sorrow into metaphysical reflection.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her intimate realist style captures the quiet mourning of displaced communities and individuals processing loss with dignity and understated emotional depth.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

He crafts tender narratives about families and communities navigating grief and remembrance, finding beauty and connection within rituals of mourning.