THEME EXPLORATION

pastoral setting

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Mt. Alm
Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Mt. Alm
1993 · Isao Takahata
Poussières d’amour
Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
2008 · Phyllida Lloyd
Tulpan
Tulpan
2008 · Sergei Dvortsevoy
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
A House Divided
A House Divided
1931 · William Wyler
An Alligator Named Daisy
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955 · J. Lee Thompson
Antoine et Antoinette
Antoine et Antoinette
1947 · Jacques Becker
Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days
1955 · Masaki Kobayashi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terrence Malick United States

His films like 'The Thin Red Line' and 'A Ghost Story' weave pastoral landscapes into meditative explorations of human existence and nature's transcendence.

 Agnès Varda France

She captures rural French life with poetic sensitivity in films like 'Vagabond' and 'Jacquot de Nantes,' celebrating countryside beauty and community.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

While urban-focused, his 'The Grandmaster' and earlier works evoke pastoral nostalgia through lush cinematography and romanticized natural settings.