THEME EXPLORATION

isolated village

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
The Company’s in Love
The Company’s in Love
1932 · Max Ophuls
Zatoichi
Zatoichi
1962 · —
A Touch of Zen
A Touch of Zen
1970 · King Hu
A River Called Titas
A River Called Titas
1973 · Ritwik Ghatak
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Death to the Invader
Death to the Invader
1961 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Hearts of the World
Hearts of the World
1918 · D.W. Griffith
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo
1973 · Jean Rouch
Mouchette
Mouchette
1967 · Robert Bresson
Jabberwocky
Jabberwocky
1977 · Terry Gilliam
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Béla Tarr Hungary

His bleak, minimalist films like 'Sátántangó' and 'Turin Horse' are masterworks of isolation, depicting the slow decay of communities cut off from the world.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

Works like 'The Seventh Seal' and 'Winter Light' use isolated Swedish villages and remote settings to explore existential dread and the psychological weight of human isolation.