physical ailment

His films explore psychological and physical fragmentation, with characters often trapped in bodies and minds that betray them, as seen in 'The Elephant Man' and 'Mulholland Drive'.

He examines how physical decline and illness reshape family dynamics and human connection, particularly in works like 'After Life' and 'Broker'.

Her visceral filmmaking probes bodily suffering, disease, and physical vulnerability as central to human experience in films like 'Trouble Every Day' and 'Let the Sunshine In'.