THEME EXPLORATION

French countryside

17 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Flesh and the Woman
Flesh and the Woman
1954 · Robert Siodmak
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
The Seventh Seal
The Seventh Seal
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
1971 · David Cronenberg
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
1963 · Tony Richardson
Thirdworld
Thirdworld
1999 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Holidays by the Sea
Holidays by the Sea
2011 · Pascal Rabaté
To Catch a Thief
To Catch a Thief
1955 · Alfred Hitchcock
813
813
1923 · Kenji Mizoguchi
A Summer Idyll
A Summer Idyll
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Decroux Film
Decroux Film
2016 · Shirley Clarke
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
1963 · Bruce Beresford
La Prise du pouvoir par Louis XIV
La Prise du pouvoir par Louis XIV
1966 · Roberto Rossellini
Nakasendo
Nakasendo
1963 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Fred Zinnemann
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Claude Chabrol France

His films frequently explore the tensions and dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of rural French provincial life.

 Maurice Pialat France

He captured the authenticity of French countryside existence with intimate, naturalistic portrayals of village communities and rural traditions.

 Eric Rohmer France

His films are deeply rooted in pastoral French landscapes where philosophical conversations unfold against bucolic countryside settings.