THEME EXPLORATION

poverty in Istanbul

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey

His films like 'Winter Sleep' and 'Once Upon a Time in Anatolia' profoundly examine the lives of ordinary people struggling with economic hardship and existential poverty in rural and urban Turkey.