THEME EXPLORATION

rural-urban migration

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper
1986 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Fala Brasília
Fala Brasília
1966 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Zone Moment
Zone Moment
1956 · Stan Brakhage
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lav Diaz Philippines

His long-form films like 'From What Is Before' and 'A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery' intimately chronicle the lives of rural Filipinos grappling with urban displacement and cultural erasure.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

Films such as 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' powerfully depict working-class struggles rooted in rural decline and the alienation of urban migration.

 Zhang Yimou China

His films including 'Not One Less' and 'The Story of Qiu Ju' explore the tension between rural traditions and urban modernization in contemporary Chinese society.