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THEME EXPLORATION

infidelity and marital conflict

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La boutique
La boutique
1967 · Luis García Berlanga
Sound of the Mountain
Sound of the Mountain
1954 · Mikio Naruse
Monamour
Monamour
2005 · Tinto Brass
My Brother’s Wife
My Brother’s Wife
1966 · Doris Wishman
The Marriage Circle
The Marriage Circle
1924 · Ernst Lubitsch
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
I Am the Other Woman
I Am the Other Woman
2006 · Margarethe von Trotta
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 · Peter Greenaway
Jerichow
Jerichow
2009 · Christian Petzold
Forever Mine
Forever Mine
1999 · Paul Schrader
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Claude Chabrol → France

French master of psychological thrillers who obsessively explored infidelity and bourgeois marriage through meticulous narrative and moral ambiguity.

Ingmar Bergman → Sweden

Penetrating examiner of intimate relationships who dissected marital betrayal and emotional disconnection with unparalleled psychological depth and raw honesty.

Pedro Almodóvar → Spain

Contemporary master who explores desire, jealousy, and relationship dissolution with dramatic intensity, dark humor, and deeply empathetic character study.

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