THEME EXPLORATION

forbidden commerce

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love
2000 · Wong Kar-wai
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Titanic
Titanic
1997 · James Cameron
The File on Thelma Jordon
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949 · Robert Siodmak
Aladdin
Aladdin
1992 · Ron Clements and John Musker
Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name
2017 · Luca Guadagnino
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joachim Trier Denmark

Explores transgressive commerce and exploitation through provocative narratives that challenge ethical boundaries in Dogville and Breaking the Waves.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

Documents the human cost of systemic economic exploitation and illegal economic survival in I, Daniel Blake and Kes.

 Michael Haneke Austria

Interrogates complicity in illicit economies and hidden moral transactions through austere, confrontational filmmaking in Cache and The Seventh Continent.