THEME EXPLORATION

bourgeois dissatisfaction

14 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Week's Vacation
A Week's Vacation
1980 · Bertrand Tavernier
Boudu sauvé des eaux
Boudu sauvé des eaux
1932 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Don't Change Your Husband
Don't Change Your Husband
1919 · Cecil B. DeMille
Farewell
Farewell
2001 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Fools of Fate
Fools of Fate
1909 · D.W. Griffith
L’Age d’or
L’Age d’or
1930 · Luis Buñuel
Repast
Repast
1951 · Mikio Naruse
Carnal Knowledge
Carnal Knowledge
1971 · Mike Nichols
The Man Who Wasn't There
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 · Joel Coen
The Hunters
The Hunters
1977 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
A Woman on Fire
A Woman on Fire
1969 · Fernando Di Leo
Monamour
Monamour
2005 · Tinto Brass
The Pursuit of Lust
The Pursuit of Lust
2025 · Batdelger Byambasvren
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films dissect the emotional alienation and spiritual emptiness of affluent protagonists navigating modern urban life.

 Luis Buñuel Spain

He savagely satirizes bourgeois hypocrisy, morality, and social conventions through surreal and darkly comic narratives.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His work exposes the psychological fragility and emotional dysfunction lurking beneath middle-class respectability and materialism.