THEME EXPLORATION

marriage for money

12 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Pleasures of the Flesh
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965 · Nagisa Oshima
Hope Springs
Hope Springs
2012 · David Frankel
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920 · Ernst Lubitsch
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
Late Spring
Late Spring
1949 · Yasujiro Ozu
Atlantics
Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop
To Live
To Live
1994 · Zhang Yimou
Gomorrah
Gomorrah
2008 · Matteo Garrone
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder United States

His films like 'Sabrina Fair' and 'The Apartment' incisively explore romantic entanglement with wealth and class disparities through sophisticated comedic examination.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His works brutally dissect transactional relationships and emotional manipulation intertwined with economic desperation and social climbing across his filmography.