THEME EXPLORATION

mother-in-law conflict

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
As the Bells Rang Out
As the Bells Rang Out
1910 · D.W. Griffith
The Only Son
The Only Son
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
Wind Across the Everglades
Wind Across the Everglades
1958 · Nicholas Ray
Where the Wind Blows
Where the Wind Blows
2023 · Philip Yung Chi-Kwong
Gunslinger
Gunslinger
1956 · Roger Corman
Keisatsukan
Keisatsukan
1933 · Tomu Uchida
Patlabor 2
Patlabor 2
1993 · Mamoru Oshii
Customs Frontline
Customs Frontline
2024 · Herman Yau
The Four 3
The Four 3
2014 · Gordon Chan
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Satyajit Ray India

His films like 'Charulata' and 'Mahanagar' explore the delicate domestic tensions between wives, husbands, and in-laws within Indian family structures.

 Yasujirō Ozu Japan

His masterworks 'Tokyo Story' and 'An Autumn Afternoon' profoundly examine intergenerational conflict and the quiet friction between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law.