THEME EXPLORATION

rural poverty

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
The Little World of Don Camillo
The Little World of Don Camillo
1952 · Julien Duvivier
Not One Less
Not One Less
1999 · Zhang Yimou
Qingtong & Kuihua
Qingtong & Kuihua
2026 · Chen Kun-hou
God’s Little Acre
God’s Little Acre
1958 · Anthony Mann
The Monk of Monza
The Monk of Monza
1963 · Sergio Corbucci
Tsuchi
Tsuchi
1939 · Tomu Uchida
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
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Nelson Pereira dos Santos Brazilian

Poetic documentation of marginalized Brazilian lives through socially conscious, humanist cinema.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently expose rural and working-class poverty through intimate, neorealist storytelling grounded in social injustice.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

He portrays rural poverty and marginalized communities with compassion and nuance, examining survival and human dignity in economically forgotten places.