THEME EXPLORATION

red light district

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes
1948 · Michael Powell & Pressburger
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
2026 · David Bickerstaff
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Death of a Bureaucrat
Death of a Bureaucrat
1966 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Princess from the Moon
Princess from the Moon
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
Gion Festival
Gion Festival
1933 · Kenji Mizoguchi
In the Dark
In the Dark
1996 · Peter Greenaway
Santa Brigida
Santa Brigida
1951 · Roberto Rossellini
To the Night
To the Night
2018 · Peter Brunner
Beautiful Funerals
Beautiful Funerals
1996 · Stan Brakhage
El sol del membrillo
El sol del membrillo
1992 · Victor Erice
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Paul Verhoeven Netherlands

His films like 'Spetters' and 'Business as Usual' critically examine sex work and urban vice culture with unflinching Dutch realism.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films such as 'Days of Being Wild' and 'In the Mood for Love' explore desire, isolation, and transgression in neon-lit urban spaces.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His provocative works like 'Dancer in the Dark' and 'Breaking the Waves' deeply investigate female exploitation, moral ambiguity, and survival in marginalized worlds.