THEME EXPLORATION

separation from loved ones

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Schlussakkord
Schlussakkord
1936 · Douglas Sirk
The Holiday
The Holiday
2006 · Nancy Meyers
Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · Shawn Levy
Submergence
Submergence
2017 · Wim Wenders
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
The Notebook
The Notebook
2004 · Nick Cassavetes
Worldly Desires
Worldly Desires
2005 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Garden
The Garden
1995 · Martin Šulík
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like 'Nobody Knows' and 'After the Storm' explore the quiet pain of family separation and emotional distance with devastating tenderness.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

Works such as 'Mirror' and 'Stalker' meditate on loss, memory, and the unbridgeable distances between people across time and space.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express' capture the ache of missed connections and lovers separated by circumstance and fate.