THEME EXPLORATION

hypocrisy and pretension

32 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Square
The Square
2017 · Ruben Östlund
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bad Wolves
2013 · Aharon Keshales
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth
1954 · Herbert J. Biberman
The Father
The Father
2019 · Jamal Hill
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
Une vieille maîtresse
Une vieille maîtresse
2007 · Catherine Breillat
Les Destinées sentimentales
Les Destinées sentimentales
2000 · Olivier Assayas
Day of Wrath
Day of Wrath
1943 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Crimes of Passion
Crimes of Passion
1984 · Ken Russell
Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças
Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças
1970 · Glauber Rocha
Diary of a Chambermaid
Diary of a Chambermaid
1963 · Luis Buñuel
Il Decameron
Il Decameron
1971 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Jal Al-ji-do Mot-ha-myeon-seo
Jal Al-ji-do Mot-ha-myeon-seo
2009 · Hong Sang-soo
La voce della luna
La voce della luna
1990 · Federico Fellini
Last Supper
Last Supper
1976 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
The Neon Bible
The Neon Bible
1995 · Terence Davies
Valerie a týden divů|Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Valerie a týden divů|Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
1970 · Jaromil Jireš
Don't Call Me Mama
Don't Call Me Mama
2025 · Nina Knag
We Have Never Been Modern
We Have Never Been Modern
2023 · Matěj Chlupáček
Areso kai kykloforo
Areso kai kykloforo
1986 · Yannis Dalianidis
The Case Is Closed
The Case Is Closed
1982 · Mrinal Sen
The Hunters
The Hunters
1977 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Siklo
Siklo
2022 · Roman Perez Jr.
Spiral
Spiral
2019 · Kurtis David Harder
Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
1970 · Toshiya Fujita
The Northerners
The Northerners
1992 · Alex van Warmerdam
Turn the Page
Turn the Page
1999 · Jonas Åkerlund
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Buñuel Spain

His surrealist films relentlessly mock bourgeois hypocrisy and social pretension through absurdist humor and psychological critique.

 Michael Haneke Austria

He systematically deconstructs the facades of respectable society and comfortable lives, exposing the violence and cruelty beneath polite pretension.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His films dissect the performative nature of relationships and social hierarchies, revealing the toxic hypocrisy embedded in everyday interactions and institutions.