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Handpicked by Dorothy December 2017 |
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Although reading books remains one of my favorite activities, I have come to enjoy watching foreign films. On the second Saturday of every month (except in Decembers), we screen a film produced in a country other than America. Here is a list of the ones we have shared over the past year. If you see something you like, all the titles are available at our library.
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And now, for something completely different: No books, only films |
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Bicycle thief
A long-unemployed workman is robbed of the bicycle he needs for his new job, and he and his son search Rome for it
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Monsoon wedding
A large extended family gathers together for the arranged wedding of an Indian couple.
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When Brendan Met Trudy
A teacher meets a woman who turns out to be a thief and they introduce each other to new things.
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Mostly Martha
An uptight gourmet chef learns to loosen up when she becomes the caretaker of her orphaned niece, and meets an Italian chef
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Abre los ojos
Handsome womanizer César is disfigured in a car wreck, and as he attempts to pick up the pieces of his life, bizarre situations and events seem to occur as a result of his accident
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Night of the shooting stars
In 1944, a six-year-old girl watches as her Tuscan village struggles to hold off Nazis and Fascists while awaiting the Allies and liberation
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Swept away
A man and a woman of totally opposing viewpoints find themselves marooned together and falling in love
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Après vous
Two friends find themselves in a romantic triangle
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Chicken with plums
After a renowned musician breaks his beloved violin and cannot find a suitable replacement, he decides to confine himself to bed and await death
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Hedgehog
Paloma, a bored eleven-year old who has decided to kill herself on her twelfth birthday, befriends her building's concierge and new neighbor who inspire her to change her pessimistic outlook on life
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Turtles can fly
A story of orphaned children in an Iraqi Kurdistan village who anxiously await the American invasion of their country to topple Saddam Hussein
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