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THEME EXPLORATION

pursuit of passion

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Coco
Coco
2017 · Lee Unkrich
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love
2000 · Wong Kar-wai
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
L’école des femmes
L’école des femmes
1940 · Max Ophuls
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
Ratatouille
Ratatouille
2007 · Brad Bird
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luca Guadagnino → Italy

His films obsessively explore consuming romantic and artistic desire, where passion overrides reason and self-preservation.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

He captures the melancholic intensity of unrequited love and passionate yearning through visually poetic, dreamlike narratives.

Gaspar Noé → France

His provocative cinema examines the destructive and transcendent power of obsessive passion in its rawest, most unfiltered forms.

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