For the past few decades, gritty arthouse British movies have invariably been an urban affair: from Mike Leigh to “Nil By Mouth” and “Trainspotting”, to “Kidulthood” and “Red Road,” almost every element of contemporary city life in the U.K. has been mapped. But there’s been an interesting trend in the last year or so as filmmakers have finally headed out into the countryside, with a number of the most notable films of the last year looking at the difficulties of rural farm life.

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