THEME EXPLORATION

outdoor setting

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Poussières d’amour
Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
2008 · Phyllida Lloyd
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
A House Divided
A House Divided
1931 · William Wyler
An Alligator Named Daisy
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955 · J. Lee Thompson
Antoine et Antoinette
Antoine et Antoinette
1947 · Jacques Becker
Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days
1955 · Masaki Kobayashi
Dandanko
Dandanko
1960 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Deported
Deported
1950 · Robert Siodmak
Donovan’s Reef
Donovan’s Reef
1963 · John Ford
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terrence Malick USA

His films are profound meditations on nature and landscape as spiritual spaces where human stories unfold against vast outdoor vistas.

 Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpieces use urban and rural outdoor settings as essential characters that reflect social struggle and human dignity.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

He masterfully choreographs human drama within natural landscapes—rain, snow, forests—where environment becomes inseparable from emotional truth.