THEME EXPLORATION

European geography

18 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Poussières d’amour
Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 · Jon Watts
Thirdworld
Thirdworld
1999 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Visions of Europe
Visions of Europe
2004 · Béla Tarr & Peter Greenaway
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
1976 · Federico Fellini
C’era una volta
C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi
Lisbon Story
Lisbon Story
1994 · Wim Wenders
Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday
1953 · William Wyler
Onomichi
Onomichi
1963 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Torrents of Spring
Torrents of Spring
1989 · Jerzy Skolimowski
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
1967 · Peter Greenaway
In Camera
In Camera
2023 · Claire Laborey
El perquè de tot plegat
El perquè de tot plegat
1994 · Ventura Pons
Robinson Crusoe Island
Robinson Crusoe Island
1999 · Patricio Guzmán
Greenland 2: Migration
Greenland 2: Migration
2026 · Ric Roman Waugh
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wim Wenders Germany

His films like 'Wings of Desire' and 'Until the End of the World' explore European landscapes and identity across borders, particularly the divided Berlin and continental geography.

 Theo Angelopoulos Greece

His poetic cinema, including 'Landscape in the Mist' and 'The Beekeeper', uses European geography—borders, roads, and borderlands—as central metaphors for history and displacement.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

Works like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' deeply engage with Eastern European landscape and geography as reflections of spiritual and philosophical questions about identity and place.