trauma and childhood loss

Her films viscerally explore childhood trauma and psychological fragmentation through fragmented narratives and sensory disorientation, particularly in *We Need to Talk About Kevin* and *You Were Never Really Here*.

He unflinchingly examines loss, grief, and the long shadows childhood trauma casts into adulthood through extended takes and emotional restraint in works like *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days* and *Graduation*.

His surreal, unsettling narratives probe the psychological damage of dysfunctional childhoods and emotional isolation through darkly comic and deeply disturbing scenarios in *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* and *The Florida Project*.