THEME EXPLORATION

women and transgression

26 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
À ma soeur!
À ma soeur!
2001 · Catherine Breillat
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
2016 · Theodore Melfi
42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Harmony Korine & Leos Carax
Action vérité
Action vérité
1994 · François Ozon
A Time and a Place
A Time and a Place
1977 · Gillian Armstrong
Faat Kiné
Faat Kiné
2001 · Ousmane Sembène
Il Lungo Silenzio
Il Lungo Silenzio
1993 · Margarethe von Trotta
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
1936 · Mikio Naruse
Paradise Road
Paradise Road
1997 · Bruce Beresford
Porcile
Porcile
1969 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Salome’s Last Dance
Salome’s Last Dance
1988 · Ken Russell
The Shimpu Group
The Shimpu Group
1933 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Blood for Dracula
Blood for Dracula
1974 · Antonio Margheriti
Lullaby
Lullaby
1937 · Dziga Vertov
Nightmares in Spring Chamber
Nightmares in Spring Chamber
1937 · Fei Mu
The Idiots
The Idiots
1998 · Lars von Trier
All We Imagine as Light
All We Imagine as Light
2024 · Payal Kapadia
De Sade
De Sade
1969 · Cy Endfield & Roger Corman
Erotic Ghost Story III
Erotic Ghost Story III
1992 · Ivan Lai Kai-Ming
Herstory
Herstory
2018 · Min Kyu-dong
Hilma
Hilma
2022 · Lasse Hallström
Smugglers
Smugglers
2023 · Ryoo Seung-wan
The Ages of Lulu
The Ages of Lulu
1990 · Bigas Luna
Wing Chun
Wing Chun
1994 · Yuen Woo-Ping
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Claire Denis France

Her films explore female desire, violence, and moral ambiguity through sensual cinematography and complex female characters who challenge social boundaries.

 Agnès Varda France

Her documentary and narrative work celebrates non-conformist women, unconventional relationships, and social rebellion with poetic humanism and formal innovation.