Movies and TvShows featuring "village-school" theme.

In a rural village in Japan, a group of high school students navigate friendships, first love, and the challenges of growing up. The story follows a teenage girl as she experiences the joys and sorrows of life in the village, forming close bonds with her classmates and discovering the beauty of the countryside.

To Be and to Have is a documentary that follows a year in the life of a one-room schoolhouse in a small village in rural France. The film provides an intimate look at the daily struggles and triumphs of both the teacher and the students, highlighting the importance of education and the teacher-student relationship.

Though from India, this tale rings of Western familiarity -- especially of the Old West. When a beautiful courtesan is kidnapped by a burly bandit, the baddie gets far more than he had anticipated; he finds himself falling for her. Unfortunately for the couple, the authorities catch up with him and their short-lived romance ends in tragedy.

Set in a village in the 1940s, Nishant tells the story of a man whose wife is kidnapped by a group of powerful men. As he fights against the social injustice and abuse of power, the film explores themes of despair, hypocrisy, and violence. With a tragic ending, Nishant portrays the struggles faced by the protagonist in his quest for justice.

At the end of the 1950s in Africo, a small village in the southern valley of Aspromonte, a woman dies in childbirth because a doctor fails to arrive on time. No road connects Africo with the other villages. In the wake of this tragedy, all of Africo’s citizens -including children - abandon their usual occupations and unite to build their own road. Giulia, the new schoolteacher, comes from the North with a mission to teach standard Italian to help bring cultural cohesion with Africo and the rest of Italy. But she will have to contend with the local mafioso Don Totó, who is determined to ensure this the town remains cut off, and thus, under his power.

School of Hope follows the journey of a new teacher who comes to a remote village in Morocco, where the community faces challenges such as drought, poverty, and water scarcity. Through the eyes of the teacher and the students, the documentary explores themes of education, traditional life, and hope for a better future.

A young teacher educates the peasants and electrifies the village, which the local miller does not like.

Times and Winds is a drama set in a Turkish village, exploring the lives of three children as they navigate love, friendship, and the challenges of growing up. The film touches on themes of religion, nature, and the complexities of rural life.

After spending 20 years in America, aging widower Marko Sekulovic (Karl Malden) returns to his Yugoslavian homeland to take care of his two young grandchildren. But Marko's quiet life is in for a shake up when he meets the pretty new village schoolteacher, Lana (Jodi Thelen). Malden pays tribute to his Yugoslav heritage in this affecting 1982 drama.

After her aunts death, young Miriam gets a position with the Allnes family. They have a son, Hans. Miriam and Hans fall in love. But the Hans mother is jealous and disapprove.

Bratsch, located in the Leuk mountains, is an Upper Valais village with a magnificent view of the Rhone Valley. Just one hundred people still lived in the village in 2015. Since the municipality merger with Gampel down in the valley, the school building has stood empty. Something was about to change.

Helena, a beautiful school teacher in a countryside hamlet is just going to marry her childhood friend Erkki, but a day before the wedding her first love Jari arrives to the scene.

Sfaira (1971-1984) dedicated to Pythagoras and Plato is a homage to two of his favourite spheroids: the Earth and the Sun.

Aarne marries Martta because his mother tells him it is his duty as the eldest son to marry a wealthy girl. However, the attractive school teacher Ilona arrives in the village and causes complications when Aarne falls in love with her.

Griendtsveen, a picturesque village in the Peel on the border between Limburg and Brabant, is in danger of losing its primary school De Driehoek. The school, which has been the beating heart of the village for years, is about to close its doors. Documentary maker Ellis Smulders follows the teachers and parents who are determined to keep their school, if necessary by forming the school board themselves. Will they succeed in preserving the core of the close-knit village community, and thus the soul of the village?