parental desperation

His films like '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' and 'Beyond the Hills' examine the psychological torment and moral desperation of parents and caregivers facing impossible circumstances.

Works such as 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'You Were Never Really Here' intensely explore parental guilt, failure, and the desperate measures parents take when facing their children's suffering or behavior.

His films 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' delve into parental trauma, loss, and the visceral desperation of parents confronting grief and their inability to protect their children.