THEME EXPLORATION

rural alienation

40 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Los Muertos
Los Muertos
2004 · Lisandro Alonso
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
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
Naked
Naked
1993 · Mike Leigh
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Ang Lee
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
An Evening Shoot
An Evening Shoot
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
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
A Touch of Sin
A Touch of Sin
2013 · Jia Zhangke
Bhooth Bangla
Bhooth Bangla
2026 · Priyadarshan
404 Still Remain
404 Still Remain
2026 · Uhm Ha-neul
Peak Everything
Peak Everything
2026 · Anne Émond
Labyrinth of Lost Boys
Labyrinth of Lost Boys
2026 · Matheus Marchetti
The Last First Time
The Last First Time
2026 · Rafael Ruiz Espejo
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
Bariera
Bariera
1966 · Jerzy Skolimowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey · Istanbul

Architectural patience extracting profound silence from ordinary human suffering and landscape.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' powerfully document the struggles and disconnection of working-class and rural communities facing economic hardship.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Works such as 'Nomadland' and 'The Rider' intimately explore the isolation and displacement of rural Americans living on the margins of society.