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THEME EXPLORATION

social class and pretense

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
The Other Half
The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor
El Justicero
El Justicero
1967 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
No Time for Love
No Time for Love
1943 · Mitchell Leisen
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Titanic
Titanic
1997 · James Cameron
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Joker
Joker
2019 · Todd Phillips
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Buñuel → Spain

His surrealist masterpieces systematically deconstruct bourgeois pretense and expose the absurdity of class hierarchies through darkly comedic lens.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder → Germany

His films brutally examine how social class structures desire, relationships, and identity, revealing the performative nature of class distinction.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

He explores the fragility of class boundaries and the performances people construct to maintain or transcend their social positions with profound compassion.

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