THEME EXPLORATION

freedom and desire

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Yol
Yol
1982 · Yílmaz Güney
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
2006 · James McTeigue
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
2001 · David Lynch
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His films probe the tension between societal constraints and raw human desire, examining freedom as both liberation and corruption.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

He relentlessly explores how desire and freedom clash with moral boundaries and personal agency in deeply provocative ways.

 Claire Denis France

Her sensual, immersive cinema examines freedom and forbidden desire through the body, colonialism, and intimate human connections.