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THEME EXPLORATION

female infidelity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Belle de jour
Belle de jour
1967 · Luis Buñuel
Sound of Falling
Sound of Falling
2026 · Mascha Schilinski
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Christopher Strong
Christopher Strong
1933 · Dorothy Arzner
Giulietta degli spiriti
Giulietta degli spiriti
1965 · Federico Fellini
Forget About Nick
Forget About Nick
2017 · Margarethe von Trotta
La boutique
La boutique
1967 · Luis García Berlanga
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
1991 · Claude Chabrol
Rue de l’estrapade
Rue de l’estrapade
1953 · Jacques Becker
Ten Dark Women
Ten Dark Women
1961 · Kon Ichikawa
The Female of the Species
The Female of the Species
1912 · D.W. Griffith
Drowning by Numbers
Drowning by Numbers
1988 · Peter Greenaway
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Claude Chabrol → France

His films obsessively dissect bourgeois infidelity and female desire with psychological precision, particularly in works like 'La Femme Infidèle' and 'Une Affaire de Femmes'.

Pedro Almodóvar → Spain

He explores female sexuality, passion, and betrayal with vibrant emotional complexity and moral ambiguity in films like 'Volver' and 'The Skin I Live In'.

Ingmar Bergman → Sweden

His films probe the emotional and existential depths of marital betrayal and female autonomy with unflinching psychological intensity, especially in 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Cries and Whispers'.

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