marital complicity

His films like 'Scenes from a Marriage' dissect the psychological intimacy and complicity between spouses with unflinching emotional depth.

He explores marital dysfunction and the dark complicity of couples through surrealism in films like 'That Obscure Object of Desire' and 'Belle de jour'.

His brutal examination of domestic relationships in 'Funny Games' and 'Amour' reveals how couples become complicit in cycles of violence and suffering.