THEME EXPLORATION

rural village life

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
El mégano
El mégano
1955 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Five Men in the Circus
Five Men in the Circus
1935 · Mikio Naruse
Maria Chapdelaine
Maria Chapdelaine
1934 · Julien Duvivier
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Rising of the Moon
The Rising of the Moon
1957 · John Ford
The Sundowners
The Sundowners
1960 · Fred Zinnemann
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films intimately portray the quiet struggles, bonds, and daily rhythms of rural and small-town Japanese families.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

He documents rural working-class life with unflinching realism, focusing on economic hardship and community resilience in countryside communities.

 Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand

His meditative cinema captures the haunting beauty and mysteries of rural Thai village existence, blending memory, nature, and folklore.