THEME EXPLORATION

betrayal of ideals

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Pressure Drop
Pressure Drop
2016 · Anonymous Fixture
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
The Lion King
The Lion King
1994 · Rob Minkoff
Love is Colder Than Death
Love is Colder Than Death
1969 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Mama, I’m Alive
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · Konrad Wolf
The Fight for Rome
The Fight for Rome
1968 · Robert Siodmak
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films explore the spiritual and moral compromises individuals make when confronted with political systems and materialist pressures that corrupt their original ideals.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His work dissects how people rationalize the abandonment of moral principles and how bourgeois comfort erodes idealism and ethical conviction.