![An image from 'Un Amor,' the latest movie by prolific Spanish film director Isabel Coixet, who has adapted the novel by Sara Mesa.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/XTAU622NTRE3RB52SAFMPD7F64.jpg?auth=272094b37ff24f7e5a83d219797b21a9bda87985bcf0fc878cf237db2bf22bd0&width=414&height=233&focal=1857%2C1885)
Heteropessimism, sex and power games: The new stories about young women clinging to older men
A variety of recent novels and films explore unequal relationships, which are based on mistrust and self-destruction
A variety of recent novels and films explore unequal relationships, which are based on mistrust and self-destruction