parent-child bonding

His films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Shoplifters' profoundly explore the complexity of parent-child relationships, questioning the nature of family bonds beyond biology.

His socially conscious films such as 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' examine how economic hardship strains parent-child relationships with raw emotional authenticity.

Through films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things,' he explores dysfunctional family dynamics and parental control with unsettling psychological intensity.