THEME EXPLORATION

performative life

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Family Life
Family Life
1971 · Ken Loach
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Cactus River
Cactus River
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?
1984 · Pedro Almodóvar
Tulpan
Tulpan
2008 · Sergei Dvortsevoy
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
Camion
Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Patrick
Patrick
2019 · Tim Mielants
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
The Garden
The Garden
1995 · Martin Šulík
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
Babes
Babes
2026 · Pamela Adlon
City Life
City Life
1990 · Béla Tarr & Mrinal Sen
Calle Malaga
Calle Malaga
2026 · Maryam Touzani
Daadi Ki Shaadi
Daadi Ki Shaadi
2026 · Ashish R. Mohan
Deool Band 2
Deool Band 2
2026 · Pravin Tarde
Gohan
Gohan
2026 · Nattawut Poonpiriya
Signs of Mr. Plum
Signs of Mr. Plum
2026 · Urszula Morga
Qingtong & Kuihua
Qingtong & Kuihua
2026 · Chen Kun-hou
Sakamoto Days
Sakamoto Days
2026 · Yuichi Fukuda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His films obsessively deconstruct identity and social roles as constructed performances, where characters constantly mask and reinvent themselves within power dynamics.

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

He celebrates life as theatrical performance and self-invention, where characters embrace artificiality, melodrama, and reinvention as authentic expressions of desire and emotion.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually stylized films present life as perpetual performance and aesthetic surface, where characters construct identities through fashion, gesture, and cinematic posturing.