THEME EXPLORATION

beauty standards

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
1991 · Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Bill Condon
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938 · David Hand & Wilfred Jackson
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1960 · Tony Richardson
La Belle et la Bête
La Belle et la Bête
1946 · Jean Cocteau
Black and Blue
Black and Blue
1993 · Robert Altman
Parthenope
Parthenope
2024 · Paolo Sorrentino
Lover, Come Back to Me
Lover, Come Back to Me
1983 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus
The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus
1989 · Clara Law
The Beast
The Beast
2024 · Bertrand Bonello
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Coralie Fargeat France

Transgressive filmmaker weaponizing body horror to deconstruct patriarchal violence and female objectification.

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

His films celebrate non-conformist bodies and identities, challenging conventional beauty through complex, flawed female characters.

 Agnès Varda France

Her work confronts aging, mortality, and the invisibility imposed on women as they age, questioning society's narrow beauty ideals.