professional humiliation

His films chronicle the mundane humiliations and social awkwardness of working-class life, particularly in *Career Girls* and *Another Year*.

His socially conscious films explore how economic systems and bureaucracy degrade workers' dignity, as seen in *I, Daniel Blake* and *Sorry We Missed You*.

His psychological thrillers examine professional betrayal and social humiliation within bourgeois and workplace settings, particularly in *Le Boucher* and *Violette Nozière*.