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marital complicity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Marriage Circle
The Marriage Circle
1924 · Ernst Lubitsch
La boutique
La boutique
1967 · Luis García Berlanga
Amour
Amour
2012 · Michael Haneke
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Hour of the Wolf
Hour of the Wolf
1968 · Ingmar Bergman
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Aleksandar Petrović
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman → Sweden

His films like 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Saraband' dissect the psychological complexities and unspoken complicity within intimate partnerships with devastating psychological precision.

Louis Malle → France

'Damage' and 'Atlantic City' explore how couples become entangled in mutual deception and moral compromise, revealing the dark complicity beneath surface relationships.

Pedro Almodóvar → Spain

Films like 'Volver' and 'Julieta' examine how spouses and partners keep secrets and protect each other through elaborate emotional and practical conspiracies.

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