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ex-husband ex-wife relationship

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Inland Empire
Inland Empire
2006 · David Lynch
Swimming Pool
Swimming Pool
2003 · François Ozon
Silence
Silence
2016 · Martin Scorsese
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · John Woo
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
36 Fillette
36 Fillette
1988 · Catherine Breillat
Big City
Big City
1937 · Frank Borzage
Daddy Nostalgia
Daddy Nostalgia
1990 · Bertrand Tavernier
Her Brother
Her Brother
1960 · Kon Ichikawa
Fear
Fear
1965 · Ritwik Ghatak
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
1986 · Alan Clarke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman → Sweden

His masterpiece 'Scenes from a Marriage' unflinchingly explores the dissolution and aftermath of marriage with psychological depth and emotional brutality.

Charlie Kaufman → United States

'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' examines the fractured relationship between ex-lovers with surreal introspection and philosophical complexity.

François Truffaut → France

'The Woman Next Door' delicately portrays the haunting attraction and conflict between former lovers who become neighbors, capturing bittersweet nostalgia and unresolved tension.

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