political marriage

His films like 'Dr. Strangelove' and 'Eyes Wide Shut' dissect power dynamics, secrets, and the artificiality of intimate relationships within political and social hierarchies.

His masterpiece 'The Leopard' and other works explore how marriage and family alliances serve as instruments of political survival and class consolidation.

His film 'Gertrud' examines the tension between personal love and social duty through the lens of marriage as a political and social contract.