THEME EXPLORATION

rural-urban migration

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper
1986 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Fala Brasília
Fala Brasília
1966 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Zone Moment
Zone Moment
1956 · Stan Brakhage
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
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
Die Hard
Die Hard
1988 · John McTiernan
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
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Atlantics
Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
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
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
25 Watts
25 Watts
2001 · Juan Pablo Rebella
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Ang Lee
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
An Evening Shoot
An Evening Shoot
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Laberinto de pasiones
Laberinto de pasiones
1982 · Pedro Almodóvar
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lav Diaz Philippines

His epic slow-cinema works like 'From What Is Before' and 'A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery' poetically document rural Filipino life and the tensions of displacement and migration.

 Jia Zhangke China

His films including 'Still Life' and 'A Touch of Sin' intimately capture the upheaval of rural communities transformed by China's rapid urbanization and industrial development.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

Through socially conscious realism in films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake,' he explores the struggles of working-class people displaced by economic systems and urban inequality.