THEME EXPLORATION

rural Anatolia

34 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The Straight Story
The Straight Story
1999 · David Lynch
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Ang Lee
An Evening Shoot
An Evening Shoot
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
1977 · Tony Richardson
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Patrick
Patrick
2019 · Tim Mielants
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Platform
Platform
2000 · Jia Zhangke
Bhooth Bangla
Bhooth Bangla
2026 · Priyadarshan
Deool Band 2
Deool Band 2
2026 · Pravin Tarde
404 Still Remain
404 Still Remain
2026 · Uhm Ha-neul
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
A Face From the Past
A Face From the Past
1941 · Mikio Naruse
A Change of Heart
A Change of Heart
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Caccia tragica
Caccia tragica
1947 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Children Galore
Children Galore
1955 · Terence Fisher
Cumbite
Cumbite
1964 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Diary of a Chambermaid
Diary of a Chambermaid
1963 · Luis Buñuel
Farewell
Farewell
2001 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Fårö-dokument
Fårö-dokument
1979 · Ingmar Bergman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey

His films like 'Winter Sleep' and 'Uzak' poignantly capture the isolation, emotional landscapes, and existential struggles of rural and small-town Anatolia through meditative cinematography.