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THEME EXPLORATION

land ownership

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
White Material
White Material
2009 · Claire Denis
All the Good Eyes
All the Good Eyes
2026 · Zhi Zheng
Power Ballad
Power Ballad
2026 · John Carney
An Alligator Named Daisy
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955 · J. Lee Thompson
A Timely Interception
A Timely Interception
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Esta tierra nuestra
Esta tierra nuestra
1959 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
1953 · Roberto Rossellini
Ridin’ for Love
Ridin’ for Love
1926 · William Wyler
Summer Clouds
Summer Clouds
1958 · Mikio Naruse
The Missouri Breaks
The Missouri Breaks
1976 · Arthur Penn
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Taylor Sheridan → USA

Explores power and duty through multi-generational sagas rooted in American landscape and history.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films consistently examine class struggle and land dispossession, particularly how economic systems alienate people from property and belonging.

Agnès Varda → France

She explored themes of displacement, homelessness, and people's relationship to physical spaces and land through poetic documentary and narrative cinema.

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