Foreign Films
Jennifer A. Wickes
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Julie, played by Juliette Binoche, is a young woman who suddenly must come to term with the loss of her husband and daughter. The entire family was in a car accident, where only Julie survives. What we see is how Julie withdraws from life completely, and begins a new life alone, ...
A mentally-challenged man in his 20's falls in love with an older woman. This is a movie starring Mel Gibson before he became famous in the USA.
Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 deutche marks so her boyfriend does not die.
When Pai's mother and twin brother die in childbirth, Pai is left to help her people discover who the next leader to their Maori tribe.
One man tries to change The Falkland Islands' colony status from British to Argentine with a unique plan.
Muriel is not getting married, she is getting even!
A young teen in Scotland discovers a love interest on his football team. A delightful comedy from the 1980's.
Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête)
Review of Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête)
Review of Federico Fellini's 1972 film, Roma.
Although U.S. distributors are attemting to market this French film primarily to gay audiences, the experimental film Come Undone (Presque rien) plays much more to an arthouse sensibility.