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THEME EXPLORATION

parental violence

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Lynne Ramsay
The Empty Table
The Empty Table
1985 · Masaki Kobayashi
Chongqing Blues
Chongqing Blues
2010 · Wang Xiaoshuai
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lynne Ramsay → United Kingdom

Her films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' unflinchingly examine parental trauma, abuse, and psychological violence across generations.

Cristian Mungiu → Romania

In films such as '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' and 'Graduation,' he explores the destructive consequences of parental control, coercion, and moral violence within families.

Michael Haneke → Austria

His austere, provocative approach in films like 'The Piano Teacher' and 'Funny Games' confronts domestic violence, parental domination, and cycles of abuse with unflinching intensity.

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