Tracing the thread…
Explores fractured family relationships and the failure of parents to protect or understand their children in films like Hereditary and Midsommar.
Yorgos Lanthimos GreeceDeconstructs parental authority and familial control through surreal, unsettling narratives in The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Favourite.
Cristian Mungiu RomaniaExamines parental neglect, abandonment, and moral corruption within families with unflinching realism in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Beyond the Hills.