willpower

His films obsessively explore characters driven by singular vision and the psychological cost of imposing will against resistance, from A Clockwork Orange to The Shining.

Her work examines human resilience and the quiet determination required to survive and maintain dignity against systemic forces, as seen in Nomadland and The Rider.

He portrays the friction between individual will and external circumstances, often showing how willpower can be both redemptive and devastating in films like A Prophet and Caché.