THEME EXPLORATION

mistress narrative

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Peter Greenaway
Fiction
Fiction
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Samca File
The Samca File
2026 · George ve Gänaeaard
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Harmony Korine & Leos Carax
Act Da Fool
Act Da Fool
2010 · Harmony Korine
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
Brutality
Brutality
1912 · D.W. Griffith
C’era una volta
C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi
Katia
Katia
1959 · Robert Siodmak
La Bande des quatre
La Bande des quatre
1988 · Jacques Rivette
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His films like 'Jules and Jim' and 'The Woman Next Door' intimately explore the emotional and moral complexities of mistress relationships and triangular love affairs.

 David Lean United Kingdom

Epic romances such as 'Doctor Zhivago' and 'The Passionate Friends' center on passionate extramarital relationships and the mistress as a transformative romantic figure.

 Luis Buñuel Spain

His surrealist narratives like 'Belle de Jour' and 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie' subversively examine desire, infidelity, and the secret lives of mistresses within constrained social structures.