THEME EXPLORATION

orphan child

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Henry
Henry
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
Boy
Boy
1969 · Nagisa Oshima
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1995 · Michael Haneke
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
M
M
1931 · Fritz Lang
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense
1999 · M. Night Shyamalan
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
36 Fillette
36 Fillette
1988 · Catherine Breillat
Despicable Me 3
Despicable Me 3
2017 · Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpiece 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Shoeshine' powerfully portray the struggles of impoverished children abandoned by society in post-war Italy.

 François Truffaut France

His semi-autobiographical film 'The 400 Blows' explores childhood abandonment and institutional neglect with intimate psychological depth and compassion.

 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan

His films like 'The River' and 'Rebels of the Neon God' examine urban alienation and parent-child estrangement with haunting visual poetry and emotional restraint.