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identity and desire

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Nazarín
Nazarín
1958 · Luis Buñuel
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
2001 · David Lynch
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
Pepi, Luci, Bom y las otras chicas del montón
Pepi, Luci, Bom y las otras chicas del montón
1980 · Pedro Almodóvar
Coraline
Coraline
2009 · Henry Selick
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Better Go Mad in the Wild
Better Go Mad in the Wild
2025 · Miro Remo
Desire
Desire
2026 · Teresa Simone
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

His films obsessively interrogate identity through desire, sexuality, and the clash between individual passion and social conformity.

Pedro Almodóvar → Spain

He explores how desire shapes and transforms identity, particularly through non-conformist characters constructing authentic selves against societal expectations.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His visually poetic films examine how unfulfilled desire and romantic longing define identity, isolation, and the search for connection.

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