parental abandonment

Her films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' explore psychological trauma and fractured relationships stemming from parental neglect and emotional abandonment.

His works including 'Nobody Knows' and 'Shoplifters' intimately examine children left to fend for themselves and the complex bonds formed outside traditional family structures.

Through neorealist cinema in films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sweet Sixteen,' he portrays the devastating social consequences of parental absence and systemic failure to protect vulnerable youth.