wealth and poverty

His films like 'Parasite' and 'Snowpiercer' brilliantly expose class conflict and the absurdity of wealth inequality through darkly comic narratives.

His gritty realist films such as 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' powerfully document the struggles of working-class people against systemic poverty.

Films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' tenderly examine poverty and economic desperation through intimate character studies of marginalized families.