THEME EXPLORATION

conflicted desires

7 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
2019
2019
2019 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
First Comes Courage
First Comes Courage
1943 · Dorothy Arzner
Marketa Lazarová
Marketa Lazarová
1967 · František Vláčil
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967 · John Huston
Sorekara
Sorekara
1985 · Yoshimitsu Morita
A Wish Come True
A Wish Come True
2015 · Mark Rosman
Adultery Alumni Association
Adultery Alumni Association
2018 · Jo Tae-ho
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films obsessively explore the tension between faith and doubt, love and betrayal, and the warring impulses within the human psyche.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

He captures the anguish of lovers torn between passion and restraint, duty and desire, through visually intoxicating narratives of emotional paralysis.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His provocative films dissect characters struggling between their moral convictions and their destructive impulses, often with devastating psychological intensity.