THEME EXPLORATION

theatrical setting

18 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Poussières d’amour
Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
2008 · Phyllida Lloyd
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
L’Enfant de l’hiver
L’Enfant de l’hiver
1989 · Olivier Assayas
An Alligator Named Daisy
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955 · J. Lee Thompson
Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days
1955 · Masaki Kobayashi
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Deathtrap
Deathtrap
1982 · Sidney Lumet
Glumov's Diary
Glumov's Diary
1923 · Sergei Eisenstein
Little Adventure in Rome
Little Adventure in Rome
2018 · Paolo Sorrentino
The Saddest Music in the World
The Saddest Music in the World
2003 · Guy Maddin
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004 · Paul W. S. Anderson
Acapulco
Acapulco
1952 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Actrius
Actrius
1997 · Ventura Pons
Colpo gobbo all’italiana
Colpo gobbo all’italiana
1962 · Lucio Fulci
Come... Kiss... Finished!
Come... Kiss... Finished!
1986 · Yannis Dalianidis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pedro Almodóvar Spain

Creates hyper-stylized, colorful theatrical worlds with exaggerated performances and melodramatic narratives that celebrate artifice and performativity.

 Luchino Visconti Italy

Merges operatic grandeur with cinema through meticulously composed frames, elaborate costumes, and stagecraft that emphasizes decadence and theatrical mise-en-scène.