THEME EXPLORATION

desire and seduction

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Le Genou de Claire
Le Genou de Claire
1971 · Eric Rohmer
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
1944 · Douglas Sirk
Malicious
Malicious
1973 · Salvatore Samperi
Pleasure or Pain
Pleasure or Pain
2013 · Zalman King
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

His films obsessively explore psychological desire and seduction through surrealist dreamscapes and morally complex characters trapped in webs of attraction and manipulation.

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

He masterfully examines desire in all its forms—romantic, passionate, destructive—with vibrant visual storytelling that celebrates human vulnerability and sensuality.

 Luchino Visconti Italy

His films portray desire and seduction as both beautiful and corrosive forces that expose class hierarchies and the decay hidden beneath aesthetic surfaces.