Peasant Movies, Peasant List Movies

November 2017

7.2 /10

In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.

Run Time: 115 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Feb 03, 2017

Director: Director: Rainer Sarnet,

Stars: Rea Lest, Jrgen Liik, Arvo Kukumgi, Heino Kalm, Meelis Rmmeld,

Chunhyang 2000

7.1 /10

A courtesan's daughter's fidelity to her husband, the governor's son, is tested when he and his family leave for Seoul and the new governor attempts to possess her.

Run Time: 137 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jan 29, 2000

Director: Director: Im Kwontaek,

Stars: Hyojeong Lee, Cho Seungwoo, Kim Sungnyeo, Hakyoung Kim, Lee Jeongheon,

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences.

Run Time: 186 Min . MMPA: 11 . Release: Oct 06, 1979

Director: Director: Roman Polanski,

Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin, Rosemary Martin,

Grimm 2003

6.3 /10

One cold winter's day, Jacob and his sister Marie are abandoned in a wood by their out of work father. In his jacket Jacob finds a letter from their mother urging them to go to her brother in Spain. Once in Spain, it turns out that their uncle is dead. Marie meets Diego, a wealthy charming Spanish surgeon, and falls in love with him. Diego lives with his sick, domineering sister, Teresa. To Jacob's astonishment, Marie wants to marry Diego. Even after the wedding has taken place, jealous Jacob tries to get his sister away from Diego. When this doesn't succeed, Jacob starts to provoke his brother-in-law. It soon transpires that no one will go unpunished for this.

Run Time: 103 Min . MMPA: . Release: Jan 01, 2003

Director: Director: Alex van Warmerdam,

Stars: Halina Reijn, Jacob Derwig, Teresa Berganza, Johan Leysen, Jaap Spijkers,

Ixcanul 2015

7.1 /10

María, a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya, lives with her parents on a coffee plantation at the foot of an active volcano. She is set to be married to the farm's foreman. But María longs to discover the world on the other side of the mountain, a place she cannot even imagine. And so she seduces a coffee-harvester who wants to escape to the USA. When this man leaves her behind, María discovers her own world and culture anew.

Run Time: 93 Min . MMPA: 7 . Release: Jan 20, 2015

Director: Director: Jayro Bustamante,

Stars: Mara Mercedes Coroy, Mara Teln, Manuel Antn, Justo Lorenzo, Marvin Coroy,

The Company of Wolves 1984

6.6 /10

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?

Run Time: 95 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Sep 21, 1984

Director: Director: Neil Jordan,

Stars: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden, Brian Glover,

Viridiana 1961

8.1 /10

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.

Run Time: 90 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: May 17, 1961

Director: Director: Luis Buuel,

Stars: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Jos Calvo, Margarita Lozano,

Hatred 2016

7.6 /10

Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her husband is drafted to the Polish army for the war with Germany. Meanwhile, tensions grow due to Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians living side by side.

Run Time: 150 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Oct 07, 2016

Director: Director: Wojciech Smarzowski,

Stars: Michalina abacz, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Adrian Zaremba, Lech Dyblik, Jacek Braciak,

The Swarm 2020

5.3 /10

A single mother breeds locusts as high-protein foods but has trouble getting them to reproduce until she finds they have a taste for blood.

Run Time: 101 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Oct 14, 2020

Director: Director: Just Philippot,

Stars: Suliane Brahim, Sofian Khammes, Marie Narbonne, Raphael Romand, Nathalie Boyer,

Colette 2018

6.7 /10

After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.

Run Time: 112 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Sep 21, 2018

Director: Director: Wash Westmoreland,

Stars: Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw, Robert Pugh,

Dark Blue World 2001

7.2 /10

Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a mission over England, Karel crash lands and happens upon the farmhouse of Susan, a young woman whose husband is in the Navy. Karel soon falls head over heels for Susan but, while they enjoy a brief fling, in time Susan decides she prefers the company of the older and more worldly Franta. As Franta and Karel struggle to maintain their friendship despite their romantic rivalry.

Run Time: 112 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: May 17, 2001

Director: Director: Jan Svrk,

Stars: Ondej Vetch, Krytof Hdek, Tara Fitzgerald, Oldich Kaiser, Linda Rybov,