European Movies w/ Nature Being Important In Film

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Can you imagine a French (or any European) "Jeremiah Johnson"? Maybe you know of a movie?

I'm sure this isn't just an American thing... but nature doesn't seem to be stressed as much as American movies, where it's sometimes central to the movie, or at least constantly there, in the background of discussions between characters. Bergman was interested in Faro Island, but I can't think of any movies.



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I don't think it's necessarily that European filmmakers are less interested in nature, just that there's relatively less of it. There just isn't the same amount of uninhabited land and it was settled a lot earlier, so the relationship is different to a Jeremiah Johnson, even if a film were set 250 years ago. I'm sure there are examples of a relationship with nature in European film though, certainly films about farming.



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WARNING: "The real Jeremiah Johnson" spoilers below
was a notorious serial killer and cannibal?