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THEME EXPLORATION

sexual desire and morality

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Odd Obsession
Odd Obsession
1959 · Kon Ichikawa
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Laberinto de pasiones
Laberinto de pasiones
1982 · Pedro Almodóvar
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Tapage Nocturne
Tapage Nocturne
1979 · Catherine Breillat
Hôtel du Nord
Hôtel du Nord
1938 · Marcel Carné
The Dreamers
The Dreamers
2003 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Borders of Love
Borders of Love
2022 · Tomasz Wiński
Central Bazaar
Central Bazaar
1976 · Stephen Dwoskin
Private Collections
Private Collections
1979 · Shuji Terayama
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman → Sweden

His films like 'Through a Glass Darkly' and 'Persona' probe the psychological dimensions of desire, guilt, and moral conflict with philosophical depth.

Michelangelo Antonioni → Italy

Works such as 'L'Avventura' and 'Blow-Up' examine desire as existential emptiness and the moral ambiguities of modern relationships.

Paul Verhoeven → Netherlands

Films like 'Basic Instinct' and 'Elle' deliberately provoke by interweaving sexual transgression with moral questions about power and responsibility.

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