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THEME EXPLORATION

traditional shelter

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
Architects of Ayorou
Architects of Ayorou
1970 · Jean Rouch
Kumoemon Tochuken
Kumoemon Tochuken
1936 · Mikio Naruse
Kyoto
Kyoto
1969 · Kon Ichikawa
Nanook of the North
Nanook of the North
1922 · Robert Flaherty
Puruliar Chhau
Puruliar Chhau
1970 · Ritwik Ghatak
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Pound
Pound
1970 · Robert Downey Sr
Mimbre y Greda
Mimbre y Greda
1966 · Patricio Guzmán
The Blue Beads from Greece
The Blue Beads from Greece
1967 · Yannis Dalianidis
The Ceremony
The Ceremony
1971 · Nagisa Oshima
The Monk of Monza
The Monk of Monza
1963 · Sergio Corbucci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica → Italy

His neorealist masterpieces like 'Umberto D.' and 'Bicycle Thieves' intimately document how shelter and home represent dignity, loss, and human survival in post-war poverty.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

Films like 'Tokyo Story' and 'Shoplifters' explore how makeshift homes and domestic spaces become sanctuaries of belonging and family bonds beyond conventional architecture.

Abbas Kiarostami → Iran

His films such as 'Where Is the Friend's Home?' and 'The Wind Will Carry Us' use humble dwellings and journeys toward shelter as metaphors for human connection and moral responsibility.

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