any good non-english films?

[alva]

Don camillo

[DeathByTheSword]

the brotherhood of the wolves (or something like that) it is french but i have to warn you there are hollywood actors involved

[Wernazuma III]

The diplomat: Yes, at first Don Camillo doesn't want to baptize the child because Peppone wants to call him Lenin. Finally he agrees and when he asks Peppone again, which name the child should bear he says Camillo and then the priest says "In that case you can call him Camillo Lenin."
I love best, when the two together get the fascist into their hands whom they both know from their partisan time.

[Kitschum]

Don't know about Asian, German or French but there are interesting non-English films nonetheless. I don't know if these are all available on DVD, but I'd definitely hope so:

"Karakter." Dutch from 1997. Perfectly executed, allegorical about a boy growing up with an absent father. Based on a book and has a very literary style to it - but in a good sense.

"Pusher." Violent, gritty 1996 film about love, money and drug dealing in Copenhagen. A sequel was made ("Bleeder").

"Prisoner of the Mountains." Russo-Kazakh film by Sergei Bodrov. A young Russian conscript is taken prisoner by Muslim fighters in the Caucasus. The director's son stars and died tragically a year ago when shooting another film also in the same area.

I'm trying to think of good new Swedish films, but I'm just out of sync with what they usually come out with. It's either misfiring comedy or (bad) emotionally draining drama, which I suppose is what realism amounts to in Sweden.

[monolith94]

Battle Royale.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by monolith94
2002 was a great year for film - and the French work "Eight Women" was, in my mind, one of the highlights.

Also, Jeunet is working on a new world war one film - one to look out for, for sure!

I was somewhat disappointed by Eight Women, I guess in part because I expected it to be better with such a stellar cast. The acting was still fine, but the idea didn't really excite me all that much, and I never really got involved with the characters to the extent necessary to suspend disbelief. On the whole though, I like a lot of French films. I'm looking forward to the WWI film.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by BeBro
The German movie "Lola rennt" (http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/mo.../run_lola.html) and the French "Brotherhood of the wolves" (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/TheB...eWolf-1111814/) for example.....

In the U.S. Lola Rennt is called "Run Lola, Run". It's very good.

[Lonestar]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Das Boot

[Sikander]

Originally posted by The diplomat
Has anyone seen the French movie "Germinal"? It is a movie about miners that revolt against their oppressive boss in the late 1800's. It is rather dark, but thought-provoking. Especially good for all you communists/socialists.

Or you could simply ride a bus across the country with a group of insurance salesmen, your choice.

[alva]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Das Boot

Someone has.
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Karakter is a dutch-Belgian co-poduction btw. (not very important, but we don't always get the credit we deserve )

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Pekka
Uncle Sparky, yes, I agree. City of God is very good. One of those movies I thought afterwards 'wow, this was a really good movie in a long long time'.

Good Finnish movie: Winter War

Winter War is a good movie with a good sense of humor. I quite enjoyed it.

[Sikander]

Movies I have enjoyed:

France:

Ridicule
La Femme Nikita
Metro
Delicatessen
City of Lost Children
Amelie
Ridicule
The Horseman
The Dinner Game

German:

Das Boot
Wings of Desire
So Far Away, So Close

Japanese:

Yojimbo
Seven Samurai
Dreams
Ran
Kagamusha

Swedish:

Wild Strawberries
The Virgin Spring
The Seventh Seal

[Victor Galis]

Originally posted by Spiffor
And how could I forget The Dinner's Game, an extremely funny movie (I don't know if it can export that well though). Original title : "Le dîner de cons"

Ooh, that one was great.

Also, I've recently seen a movie called Le Bossu. It was a nice movie http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefil...film=8506.html. Yes, I'm too lazy to find an english version of the synopsis right now.

[monolith94]

hey Sikander, check out some Truffaut! Check out Jules and Jim! If you want something lighter, Small Change is awesome too. The 400 Blows is excellent as well, although dark.

[alva]

Swedish:

Wild Strawberries
The Virgin Spring
The Seventh Seal

Please do add "nachtevaken" (sp?)to that list, (there is a remake with Henri winkler called 'nightshift or graveyardshift' something like that.