THEME EXPLORATION

widow seeking fortune

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
First Reformed
First Reformed
2018 · Paul Schrader
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
A Child’s Impulse
A Child’s Impulse
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · Mikio Naruse
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
1930 · Jean Renoir
El gran calavera
El gran calavera
1949 · Luis Buñuel
Inquest
Inquest
1931 · Robert Siodmak
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard
1980 · Jonathan Demme
Miss Oyu
Miss Oyu
1951 · Kenji Mizoguchi
The Gay Deception
The Gay Deception
1935 · William Wyler
The Greek Tycoon
The Greek Tycoon
1978 · J. Lee Thompson
The Holcroft Covenant
The Holcroft Covenant
1985 · John Frankenheimer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria/USA

Explored female vulnerability and economic desperation through complex female characters navigating post-war uncertainty in films like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment'.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

Deeply probed female economic vulnerability and exploitation in works like 'The Marriage of Maria Braun' and 'Ali: Fear Eats the Soul'.