innocence destroyed

His films brutally chronicle the corruption of youth and innocence through violence, sexuality, and societal brutality, most devastatingly in Salò and Teorema.

He repeatedly explored the loss of childhood innocence through taboo subjects and moral ambiguity, particularly in Pretty Baby and Au revoir les enfants.

Her films viscerally depict how trauma and adult cruelty systematically destroy children's innocence, as seen in We Need to Talk About Kevin and Ratcatcher.