201. Son of the northeast (1982)

Country: Thailand
Directed by Vichit Kounavudhi

Nothing really special here but this documentary style fiction film has to be mentioned as it depicts with accuracy the hardships of the poor villagers of Isaan that even if the film is set at 30 's didnt change for many decades, but also their rich, playfull, almost paganistic culture. The movie combines dramatical and comical elements and somehow balances ethnography, social comentary and humanism

200. The herd (1979)

Country: Turkey
Directed by Zeki Okten

My favorite film among those that Zeki Okten shot under the directions of the jailed Yilmaz Guney, "the Herd" is a materpiece of the realistic political cinema that presents with a rare complexity a devastating in many levels picture of Turkish society , portraying the country as a feudal, undeveloped, corrupted place where injustice and extreme exploitation of the illiterate poor are a sad norm. Okten and Guney scream for a radical social change through powerful images of misery that haunt the viewer of the film long after he finishes watching the movie

- You can watch the full movie here: https://youtu.be/lsFW1WGBnwY