recovery from injury

His films like *The Wrestler* and *Black Swan* obsessively explore physical and psychological trauma, depicting characters' painful struggles toward redemption and recovery.

His socially conscious cinema in films like *I, Daniel Blake* and *Sorry We Missed You* examines how ordinary people recover and endure through systemic hardship and personal devastation.

His humanistic approach in *After the Storm* and *Shoplifters* tenderly portrays characters learning to heal from loss, shame, and fractured relationships through small acts of connection.