padre padrone

a very good film and a very good criticism of patriarchy by tavini brothers. won palm d'or in 1977.
made me think of several things:

1- italian cinema is one of my favorite national cinemas.
2- how come the films that turkish directors make in the 70s,80s are so dated and locally specific while the films italian directors make in the 70s and 80s are not dated and extend beyond their locality even though they also tell the stories of vendetta, village life, patriarchal, feudal system? (padre padrone, or olmi's films). is it because of them being european and hence easily marketable or turkish films lacking important elements that make a film not bounded to place and time?
3- italian kids are really very cute.