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Life Is Beautiful

Rated: 0 | 229 Views Released Year: 1997

Genre: Foreign Must-See
About: In this poignant tragicomedy, a clever Jewish-Italian waiter named Guido (Roberto Benigni, who won an Oscar for his role) is sent to a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, along with his wife (Nicoletta Braschi) and their young son (Giorgio Cantarini). Refusing to give up hope, Guido tries to protect his son's innocence by pretending that their imprisonment is an elaborate game, with the grand prize being a tank. Benigni also directed.
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8 1/2

Rated: 0 | 159 Views Released Year: 1963

Genre: Foreign Must-See
About: Dog-tired movie director Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) retreats to thoughts of yesteryear when his producers, his wife (Anouk Aimee) and his mistress (Sandra Milo) all pressure him to start making another movie. Director Federico Fellini's semiautobiographical rumination on the joys and rigors of filmmaking -- as well as lovers past and present -- won two Oscars: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Costume Design, Black-and-White.
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Rated: 0 | 184 Views Released Year: 1976

Genre: Foreign Must-See
About: Proving that bad boys are hard to shake, this fanciful Brazilian comedy follows the adventures of Dona Flor (Sonia Braga), a conventional girl who weds a handsome ne'er-do-well (José Wilker) whose only saving grace is his talent in bed. When he dies suddenly, Flor remarries -- but to his polar opposite: an exceedingly dull pharmacist (Mauro Mendonça). Soon, she finds herself longing for hubby No. 1 … and next thing you know, his ghost appears.
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Amelie

Rated: 0 | 267 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Foreign Must-See
About: Impish gamine Amélie (Audrey Tautou) lives alone and works in a café. When she finds a trove of toys hidden for 40 years behind a baseboard in her apartment, she's inspired to repatriate the items, an impulse of generosity that sparks more benevolent acts. A celebration of life, Amélie reminds us of the small wonders that abound around us … if only we paused to look.
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Diary of a Chambermaid

Rated: 0 | 157 Views Released Year: 1964

Genre: Foreign Must-See
About: This wicked adaption of the Octave Mirbeau novel is classic Luis Buñuel. Jeanne Moreau is Celestine, a beautiful Parisian domestic who, upon arrival at her new job in provincial 1930s France, entrenches herself in sexual hypocrisy and scandal with Buñuel regulars Michel Piccoli (as a philandering husband) and Muni (as his l'amour fou).
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L'Avventura

Rated: 0 | 129 Views Released Year: 1960

Genre: Foreign Must-See
About: On a resort island in the Mediterranean, a vacationing rich woman (Italian superstar Monica Vitti) goes on a search for a missing friend that evolves into a search for love and the meaning of life. As the breakthrough film for the man (Michelangelo Antonioni) who would go on to direct Blow-Up, this art-house classic was discussed and debated by critics the world over in 1960. It won the Jury Prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.
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L'Atalante

Rated: 0 | 117 Views Released Year: 1934

Genre: Foreign Must-See
About: Jean Vigo directs this romantic, slyly humorous masterpiece. Naive village girl Juliette (Dita Parlo) wants to see the world, so she marries Jean (Jean Daste), the captain of the river barge L'Atalante. But their marriage is plagued by conflict early on, especially with the appearance of a handsome traveling entertainer (Gilles Margaritis), who entices Juliette with stories of Paris. Will Juliette choose the Paris lights over her life with Jean?
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Army of Shadows

Rated: 0 | 201 Views Released Year: 1969

Genre: Foreign Must-See
About: Director Jean-Pierre Melville's experiences as a member of the French Resistance during World War II inform this movie about a civil engineer who becomes one of the chiefs of the underground movement. Hailed by many as a masterpiece for its dark and uncompromising vision, the film (which is based on a Joseph Kessel novel of the same name) co-stars Lino Ventura, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse and Jean-Pierre Cassel.
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M. Hulot's Holiday

Rated: 0 | 122 Views Released Year: 1953

Genre: Foreign Must-See
About: Jacques Tati followed his acclaimed directorial debut Jour de Fête with this gently satirical comedy that introduced Tati's alter ego, Monsieur Hulot. When Hulot spends a holiday at a seaside resort, he accidentally (but good-naturedly) wreaks havoc wherever he goes. Falling all over himself to impress a beautiful girl, Hulot inadvertently crashes a funeral, topples a priceless vase and ignites fireworks with his pipe -- all to hilarious effect.
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Through a Glass Darkly

Rated: 0 | 148 Views Released Year: 1961

Genre: Foreign Must-See
About: Director Ingmar Bergman's experimental "chamber play" won the 1962 Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Recently released from a mental institution, Karin is on holiday with her family. But their inability to give her love and support causes a mental breakdown that leads to a hallucinogenic episode where Karin envisions God as a spider. Part of Bergman's trilogy of faith, which also includes Winter Light and The Silence (available on separate discs).
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