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THEME EXPLORATION

failed relationships

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
Intimacy
Intimacy
2001 · Patrice Chéreau
Sathi Leelavathi
Sathi Leelavathi
2026 · Tatineni Satya
After the Storm
After the Storm
2016 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Kiss The Bride
Kiss The Bride
2002 · Vanessa Parise
The Chops
The Chops
2003 · Bertrand Blier
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Back to the Future
Back to the Future
1985 · Robert Zemeckis
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jean Eustache → France · Pessac

Excavates profound emotional truth from everyday refusals and the violence of ordinary life.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan → Turkey · Istanbul

Architectural patience extracting profound silence from ordinary human suffering and landscape.

Ingmar Bergman → Sweden

His films like 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Cries and Whispers' dissect the psychological and emotional disintegration of intimate relationships with unmatched psychological depth.

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