THEME EXPLORATION

rural violence

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
An Evening Shoot
An Evening Shoot
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Shotgun Stories
Shotgun Stories
2007 · Jeff Nichols
Eaten Alive
Eaten Alive
1976 · Tobe Hooper
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luke Greenfield USA

His films like 'Winter's Bone' and 'Joe' meticulously chronicle brutality and desperation in rural American communities.

 Chloé Zhao China/USA

Works such as 'The Rider' and 'Nomadland' explore hardship and violence embedded in rural American landscapes with intimate realism.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

His film 'Hell or High Water' and 'Sicario' examine rural crime, corruption, and systemic violence with psychological depth.