THEME EXPLORATION

unfulfilled aspirations

18 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Paura e amore
Paura e amore
1988 · Margarethe von Trotta
Up
Up
2009 · Pete Docter
Distant
Distant
2002 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Time Out of Mind
Time Out of Mind
1947 · Robert Siodmak
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds
1955 · Mikio Naruse
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Air of Paris
Air of Paris
1954 · Marcel Carné
I vitelloni
I vitelloni
1953 · Federico Fellini
Al di là delle nuvole
Al di là delle nuvole
1995 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 · Luis Buñuel
The Slugger’s Wife
The Slugger’s Wife
1985 · Hal Ashby
At Full Throttle
At Full Throttle
2021 · Miro Remo
A Tank on My Bed
A Tank on My Bed
1975 · Yannis Dalianidis
The Luminous Life
The Luminous Life
2025 · João Rosas
The Impatient Maiden
The Impatient Maiden
1932 · James Whale
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
2020 · Kotaro Tamura
Between Us
Between Us
2013 · Pedro Morelli
Big World
Big World
2024 · Yang Lina
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His existential cinema, particularly in films like 'L'Avventura' and 'Red Desert,' examines the emotional emptiness and unrealized desires of modern individuals in contemporary society.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His compassionate films like 'Tokyo Story' and 'Shoplifters' delicately reveal the quiet disappointments and compromised dreams of ordinary people struggling through life.