THEME EXPLORATION

red light district

15 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes
1948 · Michael Powell & Pressburger
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
2026 · David Bickerstaff
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Death of a Bureaucrat
Death of a Bureaucrat
1966 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Princess from the Moon
Princess from the Moon
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
Gion Festival
Gion Festival
1933 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Santa Brigida
Santa Brigida
1951 · Roberto Rossellini
To the Night
To the Night
2018 · Peter Brunner
Beautiful Funerals
Beautiful Funerals
1996 · Stan Brakhage
El sol del membrillo
El sol del membrillo
1992 · Victor Erice
Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution – Masao Adachi
Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution – Masao Adachi
2011 · Philippe Grandrieux
Protsess Mironova
Protsess Mironova
1919 · Dziga Vertov
Red Zone
Red Zone
1976 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch
2005 · Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His films like 'The Merchant of Four Seasons' and 'Querelle' unflinchingly explore urban vice, marginalized bodies, and the economics of desire in gritty settings.

 Paul Verhoeven Netherlands

Known for provocative examinations of sex work and morality in films like 'Spetters' and 'Elle,' blending genre cinema with serious social critique.

 Gaspar Noé France

His films 'Irréversible' and 'Climax' depict nightlife, sex work, and urban underbelly with raw viscerality and experimental narrative techniques.