THEME EXPLORATION

spousal infidelity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La boutique
La boutique
1967 · Luis García Berlanga
Erotissimo
Erotissimo
1969 · Gérard Pirès
The Merry Jail
The Merry Jail
1917 · Ernst Lubitsch
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love
2000 · Wong Kar-wai
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
I Am the Other Woman
I Am the Other Woman
2006 · Margarethe von Trotta
Mein Vater, der Schauspieler
Mein Vater, der Schauspieler
1956 · Robert Siodmak
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Claude Chabrol France

His psychological thrillers obsessively dissect marital betrayal and bourgeois hypocrisy, making infidelity the catalyst for moral unraveling.

 David Fincher United States

He explores infidelity as a tool of manipulation and control, revealing how deception corrodes trust in intimate relationships.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films treat infidelity with melancholic nuance, capturing the emotional longing and regret that accompanies betrayal.