A revenge movie is a pretty straightforward one to describe.

But it goes further in another way, compared to other Bergman films.

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A man raising a hammer in the Oldboy poster

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Karin-The-Virgin-Spring

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Dogville - 2003 (1)

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Monica Bellucci as Alex, wearing a white dress and walking down a dimly lit tunnel in Irréversible

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Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth

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A distressed woman with blood on her face in Perfect Blue (1997)

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Kuroneko 1968

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Manon of the Spring - 1986

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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - 1989 (1)

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A scene of investigating from Oldboy

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