THEME EXPLORATION

aristocratic seduction

18 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

La Venexiana (The Venetian Woman
1986 · Mauro Bolognini

Torrents of Spring
1989 · Jerzy Skolimowski

Bardelys the Magnificent
1926 · King Vidor

Dangerous Liaisons
1988 · Stephen Frears

Opéra national de Paris: L'histoire de Manon
2015 · Cédric Klapisch

Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer

The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti

Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold

Summer Storm
1944 · Douglas Sirk

Une vieille maîtresse
2007 · Catherine Breillat

Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966 · Terence Fisher

Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950 · Kenji Mizoguchi

The Lovers
1953 · Kon Ichikawa

Egoism
1964 · Yannis Dalianidis

All About My Wife
2012 · Min Kyu-dong

Erotic Ghost Story
1990 · Lam Nai-Choi

Golden Balls
1993 · Bigas Luna

Hidden Desire
1991 · Ho Fan

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Luchino Visconti Italy

His films obsessively explore the decadence and moral corruption of European aristocracy through lavish visual language and doomed passionate relationships.

Stanley Kubrick United States

He masterfully dissects aristocratic seduction and manipulation of power through meticulous formal control, most notably in 'Barry Lyndon' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.

Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His provocative cinema interrogates aristocratic privilege and sexual seduction as instruments of class domination and societal corruption.