THEME EXPLORATION

jilted lover

5 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Comfort of Strangers
The Comfort of Strangers
1990 · Paul Schrader
A Woman Scorned
A Woman Scorned
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Gertrud
Gertrud
1964 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Fear
Fear
1965 · Ritwik Ghatak
The Lovers
The Lovers
1953 · Kon Ichikawa
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom

His films obsessively explore psychological torment and obsession following romantic rejection, most notably in Vertigo and Marnie.

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

His melodramas intensely examine heartbreak, betrayal, and the emotional devastation of unrequited or lost love with operatic intensity.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films capture the melancholy and longing of thwarted romance and romantic loneliness with stunning atmospheric depth.