THEME EXPLORATION

political exile

42 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Barbara
Barbara
2012 · Christian Petzold
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
Besieged
Besieged
1998 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Power
Power
1986 · Sidney Lumet
The Assassination of Trotsky
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972 · Joseph Losey
¡Todos a la cárcel!
¡Todos a la cárcel!
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Xala
Xala
1975 · Ousmane Sembène
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
Confucius
Confucius
1940 · Fei Mu
The Children of Fierro
The Children of Fierro
1978 · Fernando Solanas
The Suspended Step of the Stork
The Suspended Step of the Stork
1991 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
They Dare Not Love
They Dare Not Love
1941 · James Whale
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
1958 · Ralph Thomas
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation
2017 · Goro Taniguchi
The King's Warden
The King's Warden
2026 · Chang Hang-jun
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944 · Sergei Eisenstein
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
To Live
To Live
1994 · Zhang Yimou
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
Henry V
Henry V
1989 · —
Marshal Tito's Spirit
Marshal Tito's Spirit
2000 · Vinko Brešan
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Marco Tullio Giordana
Red Bells
Red Bells
1982 · Sergey Bondarchuk
Utøya: July 22
Utøya: July 22
2018 · Erik Poppe
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994
2026 · Leung Lok-Man
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Atom Egoyan Canada/Armenia

Egoyan consistently explores exile, diaspora, and the psychological weight of displacement through his Armenian-Canadian perspective and formal innovations.