social abandonment

His films explore familial abandonment and social isolation through intimate character studies, particularly in works like 'Nobody Knows' and 'Shoplifters.'

His socially conscious cinema consistently depicts the abandonment of marginalized individuals by institutional systems and society in films like 'I, Daniel Blake.'

Her films examine economic displacement and social abandonment, capturing the lives of those left behind by systems, as seen in 'Nomadland' and 'The Rider.'