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His films like 'The Merchant of Four Seasons' and 'In a Year of 13 Moons' explore sexuality, desire, and bodily vulnerability with raw psychological intensity.

His surrealist works examine human sexuality and social hypocrisy, particularly in films like 'Viridiana' and 'That Obscure Object of Desire' which probe desire's destructive nature.

His provocative films like 'Women in Love' and 'The Devils' confront sexual transgression, bodily corruption, and the consequences of uncontrolled desire with baroque visual excess.