THEME EXPLORATION

corporal punishment

16 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Les Incendiaires
Les Incendiaires
1906 · Georges Méliès
The Green Mile
The Green Mile
1999 · Frank Darabont
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Police Story
Police Story
1985 · Jackie Chan
El verdugo
El verdugo
1963 · Luis García Berlanga
A Strange Meeting
A Strange Meeting
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Frankenstein Created Woman
Frankenstein Created Woman
1967 · Terence Fisher
Punishment Room
Punishment Room
1956 · Kon Ichikawa
Scattered Clouds
Scattered Clouds
1967 · Mikio Naruse
Thérèse Raquin
Thérèse Raquin
1953 · Marcel Carné
Where is the Friend’s House?/Where is the Friend’s Home?
Where is the Friend’s House?/Where is the Friend’s Home?
1987 · Abbas Kiarostami
Beginning
Beginning
1967 · Artavazd Pelechian
Gli imbroglioni
Gli imbroglioni
1963 · Lucio Fulci
Three Tigers Against Three Tigers
Three Tigers Against Three Tigers
1977 · Sergio Corbucci
Once Upon a Time in High School
Once Upon a Time in High School
2004 · Yoo Ha
Raped by an Angel
Raped by an Angel
1993 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'Kes' and 'Sweet Sixteen' unflinchingly depict institutional violence and physical punishment's impact on vulnerable individuals.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

Works such as 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Dogtooth' explore punishment and bodily harm as central narrative and thematic elements with unsettling intensity.

 Michael Haneke Austria

Films like 'Funny Games' and 'The White Ribbon' examine violence and physical punishment as social phenomena with philosophical rigor and deliberate provocation.