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abduction and forced marriage

12 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Hope Springs
Hope Springs
2012 · David Frankel
There's No Place Like Home
There's No Place Like Home
2018 · Gabriele Muccino
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920 · Ernst Lubitsch
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday
1944 · Robert Siodmak
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Late Spring
Late Spring
1949 · Yasujiro Ozu
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Atlantics
Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Susanne Bier → Denmark

Her work examines trauma, captivity, and loss of agency, particularly in films like 'In a Better World' and 'Serena' which address dark interpersonal power imbalances.

Andrzej Żuławski → Poland

His psychologically intense films like 'Possession' probe obsession, entrapment, and the violent dissolution of relationships with surreal, unsettling depth.

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