THEME EXPLORATION

rural displacement

44 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Cumbite
Cumbite
1964 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Deep Rivers
Deep Rivers
2018 · Vladimir Bitokov
Sürü
Sürü
1978 · Yílmaz Güney
The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper
1986 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Xoftex
Xoftex
2024 · Noaz Deshe
Death in the Land of Encantos
Death in the Land of Encantos
2015 · Lav Diaz
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
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
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
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
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds
1955 · Mikio Naruse
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Peter Greenaway
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
A Useful Life
A Useful Life
2010 · Federico Veiroj
Blissfully Yours
Blissfully Yours
2002 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Ang Lee
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
1977 · Tony Richardson
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
Khaled
Khaled
2002 · Asghar Massombagi
Lucky Miles
Lucky Miles
2007 · Michael James Rowland
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Patrick
Patrick
2019 · Tim Mielants
Terribly Happy
Terribly Happy
2008 · Henrik Ruben Genz
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently document the social and economic displacement of rural and working-class communities through intimate, realist storytelling.

 Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand

His work explores the transformation and displacement of rural Thai communities through modernization, urbanization, and political upheaval.