THEME EXPLORATION

rural vs urban society

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
City Life
City Life
1990 · Béla Tarr & Mrinal Sen
Bariera
Bariera
1966 · Jerzy Skolimowski
El mégano
El mégano
1955 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Land of the Dead
Land of the Dead
2005 · George A. Romero
The Spirit of ’45
The Spirit of ’45
2013 · Ken Loach
Quartet for the End of Time
Quartet for the End of Time
1983 · Alfonso Cuarón
21-87
21-87
1963 · Arthur Lipsett
Early Spring
Early Spring
1956 · Yasujiro Ozu
I ragazzi dei Parioli
I ragazzi dei Parioli
1959 · Sergio Corbucci
Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality
Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality
1924 · Dziga Vertov
Taxi
Taxi
2015 · Jafar Panahi
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
1929 · Hans Richter
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Chungking Express
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Farewell My Concubine
Farewell My Concubine
1993 · Chen Kaige
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
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox
2013 · Ritesh Batra
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
West Beirut
West Beirut
1998 · Ziad Doueiri
25 Watts
25 Watts
2001 · Juan Pablo Rebella
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Ang Lee
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
An Evening Shoot
An Evening Shoot
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpieces like 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Umberto D.' capture the collision between rural migrants and harsh urban industrial reality.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

Films like 'Still Walking' and 'Shoplifters' explore the tension between rural family traditions and urban alienation in contemporary Japan.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films such as 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' depict rural displacement and the struggle for dignity in economically devastated urban communities.