Rural Life Movies

Shot on a single roll of Super 8mm film, with no editing or retakes, RUSSIA follows a poor young man from the Egyptian countryside as he confronts a...

harming drama set in a rural area of post-war Iran. This heartwarming story follows a thoughtful young woman who serves as a leader to the community...

Decorosa keeps a skeleton costume in her bedroom closet, between her nightgowns. It is what love is.

Maurice, who emigrated in the early 20th century to France from Parléaz, a small village in the Aosta Valley, returns as a spirit to his...

Province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. A year in the life of A Fonsagrada, a rural region whose inhabitants live both near and far from urban...

Juan, a worker goes to visit his mother after a long time working but his sister prevent him from seeing her. When he discovers the state in which...

Set in the mountains of northeast Italy, this film may be considered an observational documentary about rural life. Although this is undeniably the...

The film follows 94-year-old Nežka as she navigates loneliness, the loss of those she loves, and the quiet emptiness of everyday life. Her faith...

In this speculative documentary, present-day Nation borders have collapsed into vast privatized housing complexes. Epitomizing advanced...

Former governor Arthur A. Link has become virtually a mythic figure in the North Dakota consciousness. Art Link was governor of North Dakota during...

As winter approaches and the seasonal drought hits his small business, Massimo - a lifelong farmer living with his 90-year-old mother on Villa...

Ranch Album depicts real cowboy life and rough country ranching in Northern Arizona season by season, revealing a sense of spirit and culture that...

In 2024, during an artistic residency at Periférne Centrá (Dúbravica, Slovakia), Cristian Estrella filmed the folkumentary...

portrait of one aspect of rural life

“Behind time, time comes” interlaced with folk songs, narrates the rhythms of rural life, where time and its weight, shape and define the...

Yahya, a village youth makes a great effort to improve his family life. A decision that will make him pay a heavy price.

On a visit to Cacinheira, a small town in rural Portugal, a grandmother and the women around her kill and pluck the ducks raised over the previous...