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THEME EXPLORATION

marriage dysfunction

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dr. T and the Women
Dr. T and the Women
2000 · Robert Altman
Metello
Metello
1970 · Mauro Bolognini
The Unloved Woman
The Unloved Woman
1949 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Hope Springs
Hope Springs
2012 · David Frankel
All Ladies Do It
All Ladies Do It
1992 · Tinto Brass
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920 · Ernst Lubitsch
When a Man Loves a Woman
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994 · Luis Mandoki
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday
1944 · Robert Siodmak
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman → Sweden

His films like 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Cries and Whispers' anatomize marital breakdown and emotional estrangement with unparalleled psychological depth.

Nick Cassavetes → United States

His raw, improvisation-driven cinema captures the brutal reality of marital conflict and deterioration in works like 'A Woman Under the Influence' and 'Husbands'.

Pedro Almodóvar → Spain

His films explore passionate yet fractured relationships and marriage dysfunction through melodrama and dark humor, particularly in 'All About My Mother' and 'The Skin I Live In'.

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