THEME EXPLORATION

freedom and desire

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Yol
Yol
1982 · Yílmaz Güney
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
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
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
2006 · James McTeigue
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
2001 · David Lynch
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Buñuel Spain

His surrealist masterpieces systematically deconstruct social repression and expose the anarchic desires lurking beneath civilized facades.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His provocative films explore the tension between individual libido and societal constraint, using transgression as political resistance.

 David Lynch United States

His dreamlike narratives probe the dark underbelly of American freedom, revealing repressed desires hidden within suburban conformity.