The List - Foreign Language Favourites (25 titles)

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The Double Life Of Veronique

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• The Double Life Of Veronique on DVD (1991)
  Starring: Irene Jacob,  Philippe Volter
  Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
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  Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski, creator of the masterful THREE COLORS TRILOGY, presents this enigmatic, philosophical drama about duality in the modern world. Veronika (Irene Jacob), a young Polish woman, embraces each aspect of her life with zeal. She has many friendships, sexual and ..read more »
  
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Nostalgia

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• Nostalgia on DVD (1983)
  Starring: Oleg Yankovsky,  Domiziana Giordano,  Erland Josephson
  Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
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  Director Andrei Tarkovsky recasts his lifelong cinematic motif of humanity's quest for faith in the waterlogged and mist-ensconced countryside of Italy for his philosophical masterpiece NOSTALGIA. Andrei Gorchakov (Oleg Yankovsky) is a misanthropic Russian scholar researching the life of an exiled ..read more »
  
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Run Lola Run

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• Run Lola Run on DVD (1998)
  Starring: Franka Potente,  Moritz Bleibtreu,  Herbert Knaup
  Director: Tom Tykwer
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  Presenting his third feature after last year's acclaimed Wintersleepers, Tom Tykwer cranks up the volume, stiffens the pace, and jettisons us on one of this year's most exhilarating cinematic adventures. A breathtaking race against the clock, Run Lola Run straps Tykwers' playfully hip sensibilities ..read more »
  
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Three Colours Trilogy

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• Three Colours Trilogy (4 discs) on DVD (1993)
  Starring: Juliette Binoche,  Benoit Regent,  Florence Pernel
  Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
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  Featuring Kieslowski's trilogy of 'Three Colours Blue', 'Three Colours White' and 'Three Colours Red'. Also includes "I'm So-So..."
  
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Pan's Labyrinth

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• Pan's Labyrinth on DVD (2006)
  Starring: Ivana Baquero,  Sergi Lopez,  Maribel Verdu
  Director: Guillermo del Toro
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  Accompanied by her parents, Ofelia moves from a large Spanish city to a more rural area in the North of the country. Faced with the upheaval of moving home, an abusive stepfather and the general unpleasantness surrounding Franco's victory in 1944, Ofelia enters an imaginary world of creatures and ..read more »
  
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Open Hearts

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• Open Hearts on DVD (2003)
  Starring: Sonja Richter,  Nikolaj Lie Kaas,  Paprika Steen
  Director: Susanne Bier
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  In Susanne Bier's achingly tender drama, filmed according to the tenets of the Dogme 95 collective, the fates of two couples are forever altered in the blink of an eye. Joachim (Nicolaj Lie Kaas) and Cecilie (Sonja Ricther) are a young couple on the verge of marriage. But before they can make it ..read more »
  
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Il Postino

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• Il Postino on DVD (1995)
  Starring: Philippe Noiret,  Massimo Troisi,  Maria Grazia Cucinotta
  Director: Michael Radford
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  A young postman's world is brightened as he begins delivering letters to poet Pablo Neruda, exiled on an island off the coast of Italy. At first hoping friendship with the poet will improve his reputation with a local barmaid, he ultimately develops a genuine, touching relationship with the ..read more »
  
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Amores Perros

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• Amores Perros on DVD (2000)
  Starring: Emilio Echeverria,  Goya Toledo,  Alvaro Guerrero
  Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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  Beginning with a kinetic, bone-crushing car accident, Amores Perros imaginatively interweaves the stories of its three victims: Octavio a young man who has fallen in love with his violent brother's wife; Valeria, a beautiful Mexican model for whom physical appearance is everything; and El Chivo, a ..read more »
  
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Cinema Paradiso

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• Cinema Paradiso (2 discs) on DVD (1989)
  Starring: Philippe Noiret,  Jacques Perrin,  Agnes Nano
  Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
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  Set in a small Sicilian village, the story depicts three stages in the life of Salvatore, who leaves his village on the advice of his mentor as a boy and returns home many years later as a prominent Roman movie director. He returns to attend the funeral of the town's former film projectionist and ..read more »
  
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Since Otar Left

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• Since Otar Left on DVD (2004)
  Starring: Esther Gorintin,  Nino Khomasuridze,  Dinara Drukarova
  Director: Julie Bertucelli
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  This acclaimed first feature from director Julie Bertuccelli is a charming tale of three generations of Georgian women: elderly matriarch Eka (Esther Gorintin), her long-suffering daughter Marina (Nino Khomassouridze) and young student Ada (Dinara Droukarova). Living in the capital Tbilisi, the ..read more »
  
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