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Foreign Films February 2019
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4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (Romanian)
Set during the final days of communism in Romania, two college roommates have twenty-four hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for an illegal abortion.
Director: Cristian Mungiu
Starring: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov
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A Bag of Marbles (French)
The true story of two young Jewish brothers in German-occupied France who, with a mind-boggling mix of mischievousness, courage, and ingenuity, will be forced to fend for themselves in order to survive the enemy invasion and try to bring their family back together. The heartwarming adaptation of Joseph Joffo's enduring memoir tells the story of the Nazi occupation through the eyes of the two young Jewish boys.
Director: Christian Duguay
Starring: Dorian Le Clech, Batyste Fleurial, Patrick Bruel, Elsa Zylberstein, Bernard Campan, Kev Adams, Christian Clavier
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En el séptimo día (Spanish)
(On the Seventh Day) A look at the lives of undocumented immigrants living in Brooklyn. Bicycle delivery guys, construction workers, dishwashers and deli workers, they work long hours six days a week and then savor their day of rest on the soccer fields of Sunset Park. Hardworking and responsible Jose is a bicycle delivery worker and the team's captain. When they make the finals, Jose and his teammates are thrilled. But his boss puts a damper on the celebration when his teammates, his dignity will be crushed.
Director: Jim McKay
Starring: Fernando Cardona, Gilberto Jimenez, Abel Perez, Genoel Ramirez, Alfonso Velazquez, Alejandr Huitzil
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Godard Mon Amour (French)
Paris, 1967. Jean-Luc Godard, is shifting from revolutionizing cinema to becoming a revolutionary tout court. His female star is Anne Wiazemsky, writer François Mauriac's granddaughter, sixteen years his junior. Anne and Jean-Luc have been dating since 1966 and they marry this very year. She admires Jean-Luc's originality, intelligence, wit and boldness while he loves Anne's freshness and - admiration of him. But May 1968 puts their marriage to the test.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Berenice Bejo, Micha Lescot, Gregory Gadebois
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Heavy Trip (Finnish)
In this offbeat comedy from Finland, Turo is stuck in a small village where the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. The only problem? He and his bandmates have practiced for twelve years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway, the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival, and decided it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer in order to make their dreams a reality.
Director: Juuso Laatio, Jukka Vidgren
Starring: Torstein Bjorklund, Antti Heikkinen, Ville Hilska
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Hostages: Season 2 (Hebrew)
In Season Two of the pulse-pounding Israeli thriller, a SWAT officer has abducted the Prime Minister in order to save his wife's life. Now he is under siege by the police force, including some of his best friends. He is stuck with the Prime Minister in an abandoned Yeshiva building on the outskirts of Jerusalem. His wife's medical condition is deteriorating, and he has to get out of there to save her life.
Director: Omri Givon, Rotem Shamir
Starring: Jonah Lotan, Tomer Kapon, Itay Tiran
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Le Comte Ory (French)
Gioachino Rossini was summoned to Paris in 1824 to breathe new life into its opera culture, and one of his most exciting innovations in this period was the creation of an entirely new genre of opera comedy.
Director: Anders Granqvist
Starring: Leonardo Ferrando, Erika Miklosa, Lars Arvidson, Daniela Pini, Igor Bakan
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Makala (Swahili)
Makala (Swahili for 'charcoal'), the new documentary by Emmanuel Gras, is a powerful testament to one man's commitment to his family, and his edurance in working to provide them with a brighter future. Kabwita, a 28-year-old man living in Congo with his wife and daughters, dreams of purchasing a plot of land to expand the family home. He sees his opportunity to earn money by selling charcoal.
Director: Emmanuel Gras
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Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (Indonesian)
In the deserted hills of an Indonesian island, Marlina, a young widow, is attacked and robbed of all her livestock by a gang of seven bandits. She then defends herself, setting out on a journey to find justice, empowerment, retribution and redemption. But the road is long, especially when she begins to be haunted by the ghost of her victim. A stunning Scope western set to a Morricone-inspired score, this unique tale of female cinematic revenge takes no prisoners.
Director: Mouly Surya
Starring: Egy Fedly, Dea Panendra, Yoga Pratama, Haydar Salishz, Marsha Timothy
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Modus - Season 2 (Swedish)
Season two is made up of excitement, love, revenge and hidden secrets that threaten to ruin everything. The American president, Helen Tyler, is on a state visit to Stockholm when, under mysterious circumstances, she vanishes without a trace. During the intensive police investigation, a power struggle takes place between a panic-stricken USA and Sweden, as the threat to one of the world's most powerful people rocks the world.
Director: Lisa Siwe
Starring: Henrik Norlen, Melinda Kinnaman, Greg Wise, Kim Cattrall
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Next Time I’ll Aim for The Heart (French)
The chilling true story of notorious serial killer Alain Lamare who exclusively targeted young women, while simultaneously trying to start a love affair with his pretty cleaning lady. In a truly mordant twist, while Lamare was terrorizing France in the winter of 1978, he was also an outstanding police officer tasked with apprehending the killer.
Director: Cedric Anger
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Ana Girardot, Jean-Yves Berteloot
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The Shepherd (Spanish)
The lives of a reclusive shepherd and his neighbors become entangled when a construction company decides to buy out their land to build a new residential complex.
Director: Jonathan Cenzual Burley
Starring: Miguel Martin, Alfonso Mendiguchia, Juan Luis Sara, Maribel Iglesias
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Speed Walking (Danish)
In a quirky small town situated on the outskirts of everything, fourteen-year-old Martin is getting ready for one of the most formal transitions from boy to man: the communion. It's 1976, music's in the air, and hormones are blossoming. But in the midst of it all, Martin's mother suddenly passes away and her tragic death triggers a series of events that not only changes Martin's life forever, but also affects everyone else in the community.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Starring: Villads Boye, Anders Berthelsen, Sidse Babette Knudsen
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Think (Big)² (Mandarin)
Moon is a happy and confident plus sized girl. She's working as a mascot performer in a theme park. She never cares about how other people judge her, until she is accidentally involved in a slimming competition.
Director: Keng Guan Chiu
Starring: Moon Yoong, Vivienne Oon, Ruby Yap
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The Third Murder (Japanese)
Leading attorney Shigemori takes on the defense of murder-robbery suspect Misumi, who served jail time for another murder thirty years ago. Shigemori's chances of winning the case seem low; his client freely admits his guilt, despite facing the death penalty if he is convicted. As he digs deeper into the case, as he hears the testimonies of the victim's family and Misumi himself, the once confident Shigemori begins to doubt whether his client is the murderer after all.
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Koji Yakusho, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Mikako Ichikawa
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