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THEME EXPLORATION

social class difference

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
The Other Half
The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor
Tickets
Tickets
2005 · Ken Loach
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
Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films consistently expose the struggles of working-class people against systemic inequality and economic hardship.

Bong Joon-ho → South Korea

He masterfully weaves class conflict into genre narratives, most notably in Parasite and Snowpiercer, revealing the absurdity and violence of social hierarchies.

Cristian Mungiu → Romania

His slow-cinema approach meticulously documents how class and economic conditions shape human relationships and moral choices.

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