THEME EXPLORATION

small-town cinema

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

And the Show Goes On

And the Show Goes On
1996 · Mrinal Sen

Kings of the Road

Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders

The Salesman
2016 · Asghar Farhadi

Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company
1995 · Bigas Luna & Cédric Klapisch & Lasse Hallström & Michael Haneke & Peter Greenaway & Spike Lee

2017
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?

Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
2026 · Jafar Panahi

Chronicle of a Summer

Chronicle of a Summer
1961 · Jean Rouch

46) Officier de la Legion d’Honneur from Ministry of Culture and Art of France

46) Officier de la Legion d’Honneur from Ministry of Culture and Art of France
1996 · Abbas Kiarostami

Flying Colors (, incomplete

Flying Colors (, incomplete
1917 · Frank Borzage

Le court des grands

Le court des grands
2005 · Terry Gilliam

Marquitta
1927 · Jean Renoir

North of Hudson Bay

North of Hudson Bay
1923 · John Ford

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films authentically capture the struggles and dreams of working-class characters in small communities with documentary-like realism.

Coen Brothers United States

They masterfully depict small-town American life with dark humor and moral complexity, from Minnesota to Mississippi.

Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His tender, observational films explore intimate human connections and quiet dramas within small-town and working-class family life.