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THEME EXPLORATION

rural poverty

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
The Little World of Don Camillo
The Little World of Don Camillo
1952 · Julien Duvivier
Not One Less
Not One Less
1999 · Zhang Yimou
Qingtong & Kuihua
Qingtong & Kuihua
2026 · Chen Kun-hou
God’s Little Acre
God’s Little Acre
1958 · Anthony Mann
The Monk of Monza
The Monk of Monza
1963 · Sergio Corbucci
Tsuchi
Tsuchi
1939 · Tomu Uchida
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Nelson Pereira dos Santos → Brazilian

Poetic documentation of marginalized Brazilian lives through socially conscious, humanist cinema.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His neorealist films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' compassionately document the struggles of rural and working-class communities against systemic poverty.

Vittorio De Sica → Italy

A pioneer of Italian neorealism who depicted rural poverty and social inequality in post-war films like 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Umberto D.'

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