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Foreign Film fans, rejoice! We’ve got our monthly wrap-up of every movie from overseas we’ve received over the last 30 days. We’ve got geishas, thieves, lovers, superheroes and even the Pang Brothers… Here’s the full scoop:
France:
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Romance of Astrea and Celadon (Les amours d’Astrée et de Céladon) (2007) - Star-crossed lovers in 5th century France must overcome jealousy, temptations and other-worldly obstacles to keep their passion alive in this fairytale-styled romance from acclaimed director Eric Rohmer. (France) – [imdb]
Workers For the Good Lord (Les savates du bon Dieu) (2000) - An kind-hearted mechanic who is ailing becomes a bank robber. (France) – [imdb]
Eastern Europe:
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Clik here to view.I Served the King of England (Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále) (2006) - A young man, whose sole interest is to become a millionaire, slowly learns the power of money and the influence it exerts over people in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia in this charming and bittersweet tale from director Jiri Menzel. (Czech Republic/Slovakia) – [imdb]
UK/Ireland:
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Clik here to view.December Bride (1991) - A proud servant girl rebels against her strict upbringing by having love affairs with two brothers at the same time. When she becomes pregnant, Sarah defies her mother and her shocked rural community by refusing to marry, or even name, the father of her child. (UK/Ireland) – [imdb]
Gabriel & Me (2001) - A young boy believes he can save his dying father if he can become an angel. (UK) – [imdb]
Red Mist (2008) - A medical student uses an experimental syrum to try to revive the victim of a tragic college prank. Unfortunately, her concoction instead gives the victim the power to exact a gruesome revenge. (UK) – [imdb]
The Sea Change (1998) - An uptight over-worked banker is thrown together with a relaxed working class man when their plane from Barcelona is delayed. (UK/Spain) – [imdb]
North/South America:
Alice in Wondertown (Alicia en el pueblo de Maravillas) (1991) - An acting teacher named Alice travels to an unusual town where the residents are banished officials and strange things occur with regularity. “One of the most controversial films in the history of Cuban cinema”, from director Daniel Díaz Torres. (Cuba) – [imdb]
Asia:
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Clik here to view.Blood + (Volume 4) - A young girl named Saya combats vicious, shape-shifting demons in Okinawa, 2005. (Japan – TV) – [imdb]
Chocolate (2008) - A young girl learns to fight from watching TV and the fighters from the boxing school next door. When she finds a list of debtors in her ailing mother s diary, she sets upon a violent quest to collect payment for medical expenses. (Thailand) – [imdb]
Diary (Mon seung) (2006) - A young girl waits for the return of her boyfriend, who left without saying goodbye, until one day she meets another man who closely resembles her lost love. Mind-bending psychological thriller from the Pang Brothers. (Hong Kong) – [imdb]
Drifting Flowers (Piao lang qing chun) (2008) - In this anthology film from renowned Taiwanese director Zero Chou (SPIDER LILIES), the sweet tale of an elderly lesbian who forms a special bond with her gay friend is bookended by the time-spanning story of a singer who falls in love with her band’s female accordionist after coming to grips with her sexuality as a teenager years earlier. (Taiwan) – [imdb]
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Clik here to view.The Geisha (Yokiro) (1983) - Despite being the top geisha in Yokiro, the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan, Momokawa’s many complicated relationships provide unending challenges throughout her glamorous but turbulent life. (Japan) – [imdb]
Mercury Man (2006) - A supernatural substance becomes accidentally embedded in the body of an unsuspecting fireman, transforming him into the Superhuman Mercury Man. (Thailand) – [imdb]
(Thanks to Imdb, RottenTomatoes and MetaCritic for help with these synopses)