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His films like 'Kes' and 'Sweet Sixteen' powerfully depict how institutional systems, including schools, marginalize and exclude working-class youth.

'La Haine' and his other works explore how social exclusion and institutional rejection shape the lives of disenfranchised youth in urban environments.

'Elephant' and 'Paranoid Park' examine alienation and disconnection from institutions as central themes driving adolescent experience and tragedy.