Movies and TvShows featuring "farm-work" theme.
The Prayer follows a young drug addict who voluntarily commits himself to a rural rehabilitation center in the French Alps. Through hard labor, community living, and strict rules, he embarks on a journey of self-criticism and nonviolence. Along the way, he forms unlikely friendships, finds love, and learns the power of prayer.
Wrath of the Wind tells the story of a political agitator seeking revenge in 19th century Spain. After the murder of his son and the torture he endures, he becomes determined to seek justice and bring down those responsible. Through a series of events involving sabotage, betrayal, and assassination, he navigates the dangerous political landscape of the Spanish countryside. The film showcases the struggles of the oppressed agricultural workers and their fight against the aristocrats, emphasizing themes of revolution and anarchism.
As young boys, two brothers, Jed (AKA: Chip) and John, witness their father being hung by a vigilante gang. Chip, angry and bitter, grows up to be an outlaw and leader of the feared Blue Chip Gang. John goes the other way and becomes a U.S. Marshal. Two brothers on opposite sides of the law, destined to become embroiled in an Arizona range war between cattlemen and farmers.
Girl on the Edge follows the story of a troubled teenage girl who finds herself facing trauma and self-destructive behaviors. She is placed in a trauma center where she meets others going through similar struggles and finds support and healing. As the girl navigates her journey towards recovery, she also forms meaningful connections and learns important life lessons.
A farm boy leaves his sweetheart Eliina and moves to the city for a relationship with Laila, a summer guest at the farm.
Set in rural France during World War I, The Guardians tells the story of a group of women who must take over the farm work while their husbands are away at war. The film focuses on the hardships they face, including infertility, death, and the challenges of running a farm during a time of war.
In the rural countryside of Flanders, Belgium, a young farmer named Demester experiences the horrors of war as he is sent to the Middle East. The trauma and violence of the war seep into his daily life, leading to a mental breakdown and a series of tragic events. Flanders is a deeply disturbing portrayal of the effects of war on individuals and communities.
Ilona, a young elementary school teacher, arrives in Hämäläiskylä . He and Aarne, the host of Niskavuori, who is frustrated with his marriage, fall in love. The relationship becomes a public secret. Aarne's wife Martta, who owns half of Niskavuori, wants to hold on to her husband until the last. For Liskisa, the matriarch of Niskavuori, the most important thing is the reputation and honor of the family.
Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy and his dog.
Latvia, late 19th century. Farm-hand boy Jancis lives on a homestead with his mother, grandfather and grandmother. His world does not reach beyond the horizon, and life progresses according to the seasonal cycle – from winter through spring, summer and autumn to the next St. George's Day when farmhands often had to move to the next farm.
The last black-and-white film in the Niskavuori series of movies.
A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkriäinen are poor sharecroppers struggling to feed their ten children, so they run a liquor selling business on the side...
In this melodrama about love in wartime, Angela (Ida-Lotta Backman) is a Finnish nurse in Lapland who begins a torrid affair with Thomas Schmidt (Mathieu Carriere), a wounded German army captain. Their love for each other is verboten in Finland, where the Germans occupy northern Lapland until the end of the war. Finland had formed a brief alliance with Germany to fight an invading Russia in the winter of 1939, but when the Russians won that battle and took more than 16,000 square miles of land away from Finland, it was too late to successfully rout the Germans from Finnish soil. So for the entire war, the Finns were fighting Germany on their own national territory -- which makes the love affair between a Finnish nurse and German soldier a very complex issue. While Angela receives different reactions from her friends, acquaintances, and relatives, she continues on with her love for the German, against odds which are greater as time goes by.
The young Count Martin von Tandenskiöld who has returned from the war is forced into a battle with a Russian colonel after he harasses his bride Karin. Chased by the Cossacks Martin escapes and joins the old wanderer. On the way Martin encounters adventures and beautiful women.
It's Still Your Bed is a heartwarming drama/romance short film about a college student returning home to his family farm for the summer break. As he navigates his relationships with his father, his newfound roommate, and his own sexuality, he discovers the importance of self-acceptance and the power of love.
Reino Köyri the son of a wealthy house falls off a horse and ends up at Liuhala's cottage to be treated by Venla. There he falls in love with the daughter of the house Anna. The couple’s cohabitation is hampered by previous commitments and ambiguities in kinship.
The new steward of Siltala ends up falling in love with the beautiful widow of the house. Their romance is endangered by misunderstandings and the fact that the estate of Siltala is swimming in debt. And the new steward isn't quite what he seems to be.
A large farm in Vendée. The father is dying and the three brothers and sister swear not to marry not to break up the field. Months pass. Francis, the eldest, took things in hand. For him, the promise to their father is sacred. So he does everything for his brothers and his sister Amanda are not tempted. However, the latter lets himself courted by a young man from the neighboring village ...