THEME EXPLORATION

working women

31 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rocky
Rocky
1976 · John G. Avildsen
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
À ma soeur!
À ma soeur!
2001 · Catherine Breillat
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
2016 · Theodore Melfi
Wuyong
Wuyong
2007 · Jia Zhangke
Air of Paris
Air of Paris
1954 · Marcel Carné
Ajantrik
Ajantrik
1958 · Ritwik Ghatak
A Time and a Place
A Time and a Place
1977 · Gillian Armstrong
El mégano
El mégano
1955 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Every Day Except Christmas
Every Day Except Christmas
1957 · Lindsay Anderson
Farewell
Farewell
1930 · Robert Siodmak
Faat Kiné
Faat Kiné
2001 · Ousmane Sembène
Il Lungo Silenzio
Il Lungo Silenzio
1993 · Margarethe von Trotta
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
1936 · Mikio Naruse
Nacional III
Nacional III
1982 · Luis García Berlanga
N.U. – Nettezza urbana
N.U. – Nettezza urbana
1948 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Paradise Road
Paradise Road
1997 · Bruce Beresford
The Experience
The Experience
1973 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Shimpu Group
The Shimpu Group
1933 · Kenji Mizoguchi
The Five Days of Milan
The Five Days of Milan
1973 · Dario Argento
Lullaby
Lullaby
1937 · Dziga Vertov
Nightmares in Spring Chamber
Nightmares in Spring Chamber
1937 · Fei Mu
Downpour
Downpour
1972 · Bahram Beyzai
Erotic Ghost Story III
Erotic Ghost Story III
1992 · Ivan Lai Kai-Ming
Fubar
Fubar
2002 · Michael Dowse
Herstory
Herstory
2018 · Min Kyu-dong
Hilma
Hilma
2022 · Lasse Hallström
Sausalito
Sausalito
2000 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Smugglers
Smugglers
2023 · Ryoo Seung-wan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Chloé Zhao China/USA

Her films spotlight resilient women navigating economic hardship and labor, exploring dignity within precarious work through intimate, unflinching narratives.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

He consistently depicts working-class women's struggles within exploitative systems, examining how labor conditions shape their lives and relationships with compassion and political clarity.