THEME EXPLORATION

women and transgression

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
À ma soeur!
À ma soeur!
2001 · Catherine Breillat
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
2016 · Theodore Melfi
42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Harmony Korine & Leos Carax
7 Women
7 Women
1966 · John Ford
Action vérité
Action vérité
1994 · François Ozon
A Time and a Place
A Time and a Place
1977 · Gillian Armstrong
A Woman’s Way
A Woman’s Way
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Duelle
Duelle
1976 · Jacques Rivette
Faat Kiné
Faat Kiné
2001 · Ousmane Sembène
Il Lungo Silenzio
Il Lungo Silenzio
1993 · Margarethe von Trotta
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Claire Denis France

Her films explore female desire, violence, and moral ambiguity through sensual cinematography and complex female protagonists who challenge social boundaries.

 Karyn Kusama United States

Her work depicts women committing violence and breaking social codes, exploring female rage and revenge as forms of transgression and liberation.