THEME EXPLORATION

political trauma

42 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Jonathan Demme
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
Two Prosecutors
Two Prosecutors
2026 · Sergei Loznitsa
Putin
Putin
2026 · Patryk Vega
Carla’s Song
Carla’s Song
1996 · Ken Loach
Daniel
Daniel
1983 · Sidney Lumet
Death and the Maiden
Death and the Maiden
1994 · Roman Polanski
¡Todos a la cárcel!
¡Todos a la cárcel!
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Xala
Xala
1975 · Ousmane Sembène
Chile: Obstinate Memory
Chile: Obstinate Memory
1997 · Patricio Guzmán
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
The Monkey
The Monkey
2025 · Osgood Perkins
Hinterland
Hinterland
2021 · Stefan Ruzowitzky
Padre Pio
Padre Pio
2023 · Abel Ferrara
Summer Palace
Summer Palace
2006 · Lou Ye
The Feast of the Goat
The Feast of the Goat
2006 · Luis Llosa
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
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
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
The Conformist
The Conformist
1970 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
The Silences of the Palace
The Silences of the Palace
1994 · Moufida Tlatli
To Live
To Live
1994 · Zhang Yimou
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
2009 · Claudia Llosa
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Maps To the Stars
Maps To the Stars
2014 · David Cronenberg
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His montage theory and films like Battleship Potemkin directly depict revolutionary upheaval and state violence as transformative collective trauma.