Rural Life Movies

The apparition of a bloodstain reaffirms the relentless cycle of life, filmed in all its fragility and complexity.

This short documentary illustrates rural French Canadian life in the early 1940s. The film follows Alexis Tremblay and his family through the busy...

An extraordinary and unexpected snapshot of rural life in wartime in which a young black girl is crowned Queen of the May.

Murcia countryside, Spain, at the end of the 19th century. Pencho, a peasant, and Xavier, son of a powerful landowner, get into a bloody fight after...

The camera falls in love with the characters, the landscape and the objects and is installed with the tenderness that inoculates the life of the town...

A poetic journey through the paths and places of old Castile that were traveled and visited by the melancholic knight Don Quixote of La Mancha and...

A son quits his job and is persuaded by his father to head off to a cottage in the remote mountains. Together, the two of them manage to get through...

The first of a documentary serie about rural France.

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...

Gregório is a rustic and idealistic peasant who lives frustrated in the village of Rosillas. Arrogant and bold, he wants to recover the waters...

Two women discuss the roles and problems of women, education, and shopping on Fogo Island.

Following a violent earthquake in the Lazio hinterland, Sebastiano is forced to go for a short stay in the large house of his aunt Lavinia and his...

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

Titou will soon be forty. He lives high up in a sheep shed in the Corbières mountains. With Soledad, who lives in a nearby caravan, they make...

In Murcia, a southern province of Spain rich in fruits and vegetables parcels, a girl and a boy are in love but he is so shy that she accepts a rich...

The owner of a ranch pretends to a woman who is in love with a young blacksmith and spur craftsman. Because of his jealousy, the owner threatens the...

A Traveltalks visit to some small towns in Mexico. In Mazatlán, away from the tourist spots, we see a small village where fishing, growing...

After eighteen years of operating the favourite lunch counter in Manitoba's Interlake region, Ellen and Martin Kihn have retired. A poignant look at...