THEME EXPLORATION

rural struggle

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Deool Band 2
Deool Band 2
2026 · Pravin Tarde
Diary of a Chambermaid
Diary of a Chambermaid
1963 · Luis Buñuel
12:08 East of Bucharest
12:08 East of Bucharest
2006 · Corneliu Porumboiu
His Lesson
His Lesson
1912 · D.W. Griffith
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road
1941 · John Ford
The Good Provider
The Good Provider
1922 · Frank Borzage
Deep Rivers
Deep Rivers
2018 · Vladimir Bitokov
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974 · Shuji Terayama
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently depict the hardships of rural and working-class communities facing economic injustice and social inequality.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His works explore the quiet desperation and displacement of rural Taiwanese families caught between tradition and modernization.

 Coen Brothers Belgium

They document the grinding poverty and survival struggles of rural and industrial communities with intimate, humanistic realism.