▁at ▁the ▁C open hagen ▁Qu ad ren n ial ▁in ▁Den mark ▁and ▁the ▁Liverpool ▁B ienn ial ▁in ▁the ▁UK . ▁Serv itudes ▁was ▁on ▁show ▁at ▁the ▁Pal ais ▁de ▁Tokyo ▁in ▁Paris ▁from ▁June ▁ 2 4 ▁to ▁September ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁Art istic ▁practice ▁ ▁Just ' s ▁films ▁are ▁mo ody , ▁atmos pher ic ▁narr atives ▁often ▁with ▁ambigu ous ▁and ▁un resol ved ▁story lines . ▁Th emat ically , ▁his ▁film ▁works ▁revol ve ▁around ▁" the ▁complex ▁inter - rel ations ▁between ▁sexual ity , ▁love ▁and ▁cinema ". ▁Many ▁of ▁his ▁older ▁films ▁specifically ▁question ▁conventional ▁not ions ▁of ▁mascul inity . ▁N ina ▁Fol k ers ma ▁wrote , ▁" A ▁real ▁man ▁is ▁supposed ▁to ▁contain ▁his ▁emot ions , ▁to ▁be ▁in vi ol able , ▁intellectual , ▁p rag m atic , ▁vi rile , ▁and ▁dominant . ▁That , ▁at ▁least , ▁is ▁the ▁image ▁of ▁man ▁port rayed ▁in ▁most ▁Hollywood ▁films . ▁Trans gress ing ▁social ▁and ▁cinemat ographic ▁conventional ▁representations ▁of ▁mascul inity ▁is ▁a ▁cru cial ▁element ▁of ▁Just ’ s ▁work ." ▁ ▁Just ▁uses ▁Hollywood ▁convent ions ▁as ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁back drop ▁for ▁his ▁narr atives . ▁His ▁films ▁surprise ▁the ▁vie wer ▁with ▁unexpected ▁plot ▁tw ists ▁and ▁characters ▁ste pping ▁out ▁of ▁their ▁expected ▁roles . ▁In ▁Inv itation ▁to ▁Love ▁( 2 0 0 3 ), ▁for ▁instance ,