THEME EXPLORATION

orphaned children

20 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
Full Moon
Full Moon
1998 · Fredi M. Murer
The Notebook
The Notebook
2013 · János Szász
A Child of the Ghetto
A Child of the Ghetto
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Au Bonheur des Dames
Au Bonheur des Dames
1930 · Julien Duvivier
The Search
The Search
1948 · Fred Zinnemann
Cat Skin
Cat Skin
1962 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
1955 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
The Piper's Tune
The Piper's Tune
1962 · Muriel Box
The Legend of 1900
The Legend of 1900
1998 · Giuseppe Tornatore
Wolf Children
Wolf Children
2012 · Mamoru Hosoda
Breaking In
Breaking In
2018 · James McTeigue
The Tall Man
The Tall Man
2012 · Pascal Laugier
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Bashu, the Little Stranger
Bashu, the Little Stranger
1989 · Bahram Beyzai
Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street
Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street
2002 · Kenji Kodama
Dragon Hunter
Dragon Hunter
2008 · Stephen Shimek
Pixote
Pixote
1980 · Héctor Babenco
Mardaani 3
Mardaani 3
2026 · Abhiraj Minawala
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpiece 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Shoeshine' portray the struggles of impoverished children in post-war Italy with profound humanistic compassion.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

Films like 'No Regrets for Our Youth' and 'Dodes'ka-den' deeply explore the lives of abandoned and orphaned children navigating societal hardship.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema, particularly 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake,' intimately examines the vulnerability and resilience of neglected and displaced children.