Tracing the thread…
His films expose the systemic poverty and health struggles of working-class communities through unflinching social realism.
Asghar Farhadi IranHis narratives intricately explore how poverty intersects with disease, dignity, and moral complexity in contemporary Iranian society.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul ThailandHis poetic cinema examines disease, mortality, and economic hardship within the context of rural Thai life and memory.