trauma processing

His films like 'Irréversible' and 'Climax' use nonlinear narratives and visceral imagery to explore how trauma fractures time and consciousness itself.

Works such as 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' depict trauma's psychological aftermath through fragmented editing and unreliable perspectives.

Films like 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' manifest intergenerational and acute trauma as heightened visual horror that overwhelms and disorients both characters and viewers.