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THEME EXPLORATION

marital crisis

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Hour of the Wolf
Hour of the Wolf
1968 · Ingmar Bergman
La flor de mi secreto
La flor de mi secreto
1994 · Pedro Almodóvar
A Great American Tragedy
A Great American Tragedy
1972 · J. Lee Thompson
Giulietta degli spiriti
Giulietta degli spiriti
1965 · Federico Fellini
Diabolically Yours
Diabolically Yours
1967 · Julien Duvivier
La boutique
La boutique
1967 · Luis García Berlanga
Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight
1933 · George Cukor
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
1999 · Alan Rudolph
Shitsurakuen
Shitsurakuen
1997 · Yoshimitsu Morita
I Don't Understand You Anymore
I Don't Understand You Anymore
1980 · Sergio Corbucci
A Serious Man
A Serious Man
2009 · Joel Coen
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010 · Woody Allen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman → Sweden

His films like 'Scenes from a Marriage' dissect marital dissolution with psychological intensity and emotional brutality.

François Truffaut → France

'The Woman Next Door' and his other works explore infidelity and the erosion of marriage with romantic yet unflinching observation.

Krzysztof Kieślowski → Poland

His 'Three Colors: White' and 'Three Colors: Red' examine marital breakdown and human connection through a deeply humanistic lens.

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