THEME EXPLORATION

postpartum depression

16 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Melancholia
Melancholia
2011 · Lars von Trier
Fear of Fear
Fear of Fear
1975 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
Reprise
Reprise
2006 · Joachim Trier
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha
1972 · Martin Scorsese
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
1967 · Arthur Penn
Peak Everything
Peak Everything
2026 · Anne Émond
L’Atalante
L’Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
King Kong
King Kong
1952 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Peppermint Candy
Peppermint Candy
2000 · Lee Chang-dong
King Kong
King Kong
2005 · Peter Jackson
Two Ships
Two Ships
2021 · Jan Foukal
The Hours
The Hours
2002 · Stephen Daldry
The Asthenic Syndrome
The Asthenic Syndrome
1989 · Kira Muratova
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom

Her film 'You Were Never Really Here' explores maternal trauma and psychological fragmentation with visceral intensity, while 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' examines family dissolution and parental anguish.

 Claire Denis France

Her film 'Nymphéa' (TheIntruder) and particularly her work with maternal ambivalence and bodily experience in 'Trouble Every Day' probe the darker, unspoken dimensions of motherhood and desire.

 Karyn Kusama United States

Her film 'The Invitation' and especially her work exploring female rage, isolation, and psychological states like in 'Destroyer' demonstrate profound engagement with trauma, loss, and maternal transformation.