THEME EXPLORATION

social isolation and sheltering

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fraulein
Fraulein
1986 · Michael Haneke
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 · Roman Polanski
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Tony Richardson
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996 · Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
Zoology
Zoology
2016 · Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Mean Girls
Mean Girls
2004 · Mark Waters
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Works like 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' explore isolation within family units and the psychological impacts of self-imposed or forced social withdrawal from society.

 Michael Haneke Austria

Films such as 'Funny Games' and 'The Seventh Continent' examine the violence and psychological deterioration that emerges from social isolation and the shelter of the home.