"It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure," - Marquis de Sade.
It isn't definite that pain is interwoven with pleasure, but in many cases, distressing spectacles manifest a true cerebration that we often avoid, leading to a kind of shocking yet stimulating mental awakening.
From Eugène Delacroix's bloodstained epics to René Magritte's visualized nightmares, and from poetry to photography, art has shown its darkest aspects for the sake of an honest exposition of this world's mysteries. Quite so, the 10 following films disturb through their visual and contextual bluntness, as they move on the deepest layer of an artistic intelligence.
What are the most disturbing films you've ever seen? 🎬🍿