THEME EXPLORATION

widow seeking fortune

16 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
First Reformed
First Reformed
2018 · Paul Schrader
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
A Child’s Impulse
A Child’s Impulse
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · Mikio Naruse
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
1930 · Jean Renoir
El gran calavera
El gran calavera
1949 · Luis Buñuel
Inquest
Inquest
1931 · Robert Siodmak
Miss Oyu
Miss Oyu
1951 · Kenji Mizoguchi
The Gay Deception
The Gay Deception
1935 · William Wyler
The Greek Tycoon
The Greek Tycoon
1978 · J. Lee Thompson
This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life
1963 · Lindsay Anderson
Anita no perd el tren
Anita no perd el tren
2001 · Ventura Pons
Areso kai kykloforo
Areso kai kykloforo
1986 · Yannis Dalianidis
The Representative
The Representative
1964 · Mrinal Sen
The Libertine
The Libertine
1968 · Pasquale Festa Campanile
The Winsome Widow
The Winsome Widow
1973 · Mariano Laurenti
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

Masterfully explored female vulnerability and financial desperation in films like 'Sunset Boulevard' where women navigate power dynamics and survival.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

Deeply examined marginalized women's socioeconomic struggles and their pursuit of security through relationships in works like 'The Merchant of Four Seasons.'