THEME EXPLORATION

youth and desire

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Paura e amore
Paura e amore
1988 · Margarethe von Trotta
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
1988 · Christian Petzold
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luca Guadagnino Italy

His films like 'Call Me By Your Name' and 'A Bigger Splash' intensely explore the sensuality, vulnerability, and transformative power of youthful desire and coming-of-age experiences.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films such as 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express' capture the melancholic yearning, romantic obsession, and unfulfilled desires of young protagonists with unmatched stylistic beauty.

 Xavier Dolan Canada

His emotionally raw films like 'Mommy' and 'The Death and Life of John F. Donovan' examine youthful passion, identity, and desire with theatrical intensity and psychological depth.