THEME EXPLORATION

search for the perfect woman

37 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Anatomy of Hell
Anatomy of Hell
2004 · Catherine Breillat
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
The Tempest
The Tempest
1932 · Robert Siodmak
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Farewell My Concubine
Farewell My Concubine
1993 · Chen Kaige
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
The Salesman
The Salesman
2016 · Asghar Farhadi
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
Poetry
Poetry
2010 · Lee Chang-dong
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
A Moment in Love
A Moment in Love
1956 · Shirley Clarke
Big City
Big City
1937 · Frank Borzage
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd
1967 · John Schlesinger
Identificazione di una donna
Identificazione di una donna
1982 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Isadora Duncan, The Biggest Dancer in the World
Isadora Duncan, The Biggest Dancer in the World
1966 · Ken Russell
Life and Nothing More…/…And Life Goes On
Life and Nothing More…/…And Life Goes On
1992 · Abbas Kiarostami
Loving Couples
Loving Couples
1964 · Mai Zetterling
Odd Obsession
Odd Obsession
1959 · Kon Ichikawa
Sweetie
Sweetie
1989 · Jane Campion
The Search
The Search
1948 · Fred Zinnemann
The Man Without a Map
The Man Without a Map
1968 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Visions of Eight
Visions of Eight
1973 · Kon Ichikawa & Mai Zetterling
A Knight for Vasoula
A Knight for Vasoula
1968 · Yannis Dalianidis
Dear Ones
Dear Ones
2021 · Grzegorz Jaroszuk
La Ciénaga
La Ciénaga
2001 · Lucrecia Martel
The Dance of Reality
The Dance of Reality
2013 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto
2005 · Neil Jordan
Bad Girl Island
Bad Girl Island
2007 · Stewart Raffill
Eros, the God of Love
Eros, the God of Love
1981 · Walter Hugo Khouri
Jauja
Jauja
2014 · Lisandro Alonso
Punjab 1984
Punjab 1984
2014 · Anurag Singh
Take Off
Take Off
2009 · Kim Yong-hwa
The Golden Sword
The Golden Sword
1969 · Lo Wei
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Federico Fellini Italy

His films obsessively portray idealized, elusive feminine figures (La Dolce Vita, 8½) as symbols of beauty and desire that ultimately remain unknowable.

 David Lynch United States

He explores the mystery and duality of female characters as enigmatic muses in works like Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead, blending dream logic with psychological obsession.

 François Truffaut France

His romantic narratives repeatedly examine male characters' romantic quests and fantasies about women, most notably in Jules and Jim and The Man Who Loved Women.