marital peril

His films like 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Krisha' dissect marital breakdown and emotional estrangement with unparalleled psychological depth.

'Eyes Wide Shut' and 'Barry Lyndon' explore marital infidelity, jealousy, and the fragility of intimate partnerships through meticulous visual language.

His films interrogate marriage as a social institution rife with power dynamics, desire, and moral conflict, particularly in 'Teorema' and 'Salò'.