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FuzzyPlum 05-13-2016 04:06 PM

Foreign Language Films
 
I've been quite into foreign language films recently.
I was wondering whether anyone could recommend any really good foreign language films (those being foreign for me, i.e. non-English).
I can't say I've watched too many more than this list (probably about the same number again) but my current favourite list would be;

1) City of God
2) Cyrano de Bergerac
3) Bicycle Thieves
4) Hero
5) Spirited Away
6) Pan’s Labyrinth
7) Run Lola Run
8) Oldboy
9) Goodbye Lenin
10) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

cheers

SisterNightroad 05-13-2016 04:25 PM

I don't know if you're more into modern or classic movies but if you like recent works the last season's dramedy directed by Paolo Genovese "Perfetti Sconosciuti" (=Perfect Strangers) did well both with audience and critics and american studios already wants to make a remake of it. Also "La Grande Bellezza" (aka The Grat Beauty) by Sorrentino is worthwhile, and anything by Nanni Moretti, Ferzan Ozpetek and Roberto Benigni. I'm particularly fond of "La Leggenda del Pianista sull'Oceano" (aka The Legend of 1900) by Tornatore, with Tim Roth, so you could try "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" of him.

If you're into classics then it's pretty mandatory to cite Fellini, Rossellini, Antonioni, De Sica, Visconti, De Santis, Zeffirelli, Pasolini, Bertolucci etc.

FuzzyPlum 05-13-2016 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SisterNightroad (Post 1183463)
I don't know if you're more into modern or classic movies but if you like recent works the last season's dramedy directed by Paolo Genovese "Perfetti Sconosciuti" (=Perfect Strangers) did well both with audience and critics and american studios already wants to make a remake of it. Also "La Grande Bellezza" (aka The Grat Beauty) by Sorrentino is worthwhile, and anything by Nanni Moretti, Ferzan Ozpetek and Roberto Benigni. I'm particularly fond of "La Leggenda del Pianista sull'Oceano" (aka The Legend of 1900) by Tornatore, with Tim Roth, so you could try "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" of him.

If you're into classics then it's pretty mandatory to cite Fellini, Rossellini, Antonioni, De Sica, Visconti, De Santis, Zeffirelli, Pasolini, Bertolucci etc.

Wow. Where to start. I guess I prefer more modern stuff, though Bicycle Thieves is pretty old.
Thanks
PS, Could you narrow it down to just 3?

SisterNightroad 05-13-2016 05:00 PM

Ah ah Ok, my personal picks would be:
"La grande bellezza" (aka "The Great Beauty") by Paolo Sorrentino, I''m curious to know the opinion of an American
"La vita è bella" by Roberto Benigni (aka "Life is beautiful") and prepare a handkerchief
"Giulietta degli Spiriti" by Federico Fellini.

olive 05-13-2016 05:12 PM

La belle et la bête ( long before it became a song)
Shower (Chinese)
Man bites dog (Belgium*)
In Bruges*
Ma vie an Rose*
My life as a dog. ( Swedish)
M (German*)
Metropolis*
Relato Savajes ( Argentinian)
Y tu mama tambien (Mexican)

FuzzyPlum 05-13-2016 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SisterNightroad (Post 1183470)
Ah ah Ok, my personal picks would be:
"La grande bellezza" (aka "The Great Beauty") by Paolo Sorrentino, I''m curious to know the opinion of an American
"La vita è bella" by Roberto Benigni (aka "Life is beautiful") and prepare a handkerchief
"Giulietta degli Spiriti" by Federico Fellini.

Okay, these will be the next three on my list. I've long wanted to watch Life is Beautiful actually.
I'll give you my opinion of The Great Beauty (but you'll have to wait for your American opinion and make do with a British one).

many thanks

FuzzyPlum 05-13-2016 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by olive (Post 1183473)
Man bites dog (Belgium*)

I've read about Man Bites Dog. I dont know whether I can watch it.

olive 05-13-2016 06:42 PM

Ambience (Swedish) is coming out in 2020 it is 720 hours /30 days long. Here is the 7 hour and 20 minutes trailer

http://www.thelongestfilm.com/


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RLevgVmZ8rE



~*BellaDonna*~ 05-13-2016 08:26 PM

A while back I saw one with Penelope Cruz but I cannot remember the name of it. :shrug:

FuzzyPlum 05-14-2016 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by olive (Post 1183481)
Ambience (Swedish) is coming out in 2020 it is 720 hours /30 days long. Here is the 7 hour and 20 minutes trailer

http://www.thelongestfilm.com/


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RLevgVmZ8rE

Cool. So you you are volunteering to watch it first before giving us a recommendation. I look forward to your review.

SisterNightroad 05-14-2016 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum (Post 1183476)
Okay, these will be the next three on my list. I've long wanted to watch Life is Beautiful actually.
I'll give you my opinion of The Great Beauty (but you'll have to wait for your American opinion and make do with a British one).

many thanks

A British review will be a pleasure nonetheless.

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Originally Posted by ~*BellaDonna*~ (Post 1183494)
A while back I saw one with Penelope Cruz but I cannot remember the name of it. :shrug:

Since it's a foreign language movie I think it could be one of her long time collaborations with Pedro Almodovar or one of her more recent italian movies with Castellitto, "Don't move" or "Twice born".

~*BellaDonna*~ 05-15-2016 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by SisterNightroad (Post 1183528)
A British review will be a pleasure nonetheless.



Since it's a foreign language movie I think it could be one of her long time collaborations with Pedro Almodovar or one of her more recent italian movies with Castellitto, "Don't move" or "Twice born".

I looked up her filmography on Wikipedia and found it. It's called Volver.

Danielle 05-15-2016 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SisterNightroad (Post 1183528)
A British review will be a pleasure nonetheless.



Since it's a foreign language movie I think it could be one of her long time collaborations with Pedro Almodovar or one of her more recent italian movies with Castellitto, "Don't move" or "Twice born".

No film has ever made me feel as much sadness as "Don't Move". I couldn't even cry like I do with most films, I felt an actual pain in my chest.

iamnotafraid 05-16-2016 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum (Post 1183455)

6) Pan’s Labyrinth
7) Run Lola Run


cheers

I like those.

SisterNightroad 05-22-2016 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Danielle (Post 1183738)
No film has ever made me feel as much sadness as "Don't Move". I couldn't even cry like I do with most films, I felt an actual pain in my chest.

It's based on a book by Margaret Mazzantini (just like Twice Born); all her books are deeply moving and upsetting, and are partly inspired by real life events. Twice Born left me in a pensive state for days.
I think that these movies were some of the best interpretations by Penelope Cruz. Strangely (or maybe not) this is just the kind of movie that is praised in Italy and shunned in the rest of the world. Melodrama and Realism are deeply ingrained in our artistic culture and I often see that other countries have a difficult time in relating to the extreme tales portrayed in movies like these. I had and still have a hard time too, but like my favourite teacher used to say (the one who introduced me and my classmates to these genre), life is also this and we can't close our eyes and pretend.


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