Foreign Cinema

Films from corners of the world where the audio language track or original language track is other than English. English subtitles are customary, and denoted where applicable.

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Untamed, The (2016): Dir. Amat Escalante
Feat. Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, Jesús Meza; Unforgettable psycho-sexual horror featuring a multi-tentacled alien which becomes the source of obsession for members of a Mexican village. A beguiling and uncompromising expression of the complexities of human desire, which has to be seen to be believed.
Insult, The (2017): Dir. Ziad Doueiri
Feat. Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha; An exchange on a Beirut street between a Palestinian construction worker and a Lebanese Christian escalates into a passionate dispute that represents historical wounds. A smart, gripping reflection of Middle Eastern politics.
Thelma (2017): Dir. Joachim Trier
Feat. Eili Harboe, Henrik Rafaelsen, Kaya Wilkins…; A gracefully unsettling Nordic thriller about a painfully shy young woman whose oppressed, conservative upbringing and burgeoning passion for a fellow university student manifests in a dangerous and uncontrollable psycho-kinetic power.
Summer 1993 (2017): Dir. Carla Simón
Feat. Laia Artigas, Paula Robles, Bruna Cusí; An evocative and affecting autobiographical depiction of Catalan writer-director Carla Simón's childhood. Set in 1993, 6-year old Frida is moved to the Catalan countryside to live with her Aunt and Uncle, which leads to profound emotional upheaval and self-discovery.
C'est La Vie (2017): Dir. Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
Feat. Jean-Pierre Bacri, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve…; An archetypically bubbly, if not quite champagne quality, French comedy from the creators of THE INTOUCHABLES in which an irritable veteran wedding planner copes with a string of minor disasters during his last hoorah at a magnificent 17th century château.
A Fantastic Woman (2017): Dir. Sebastián Lelio
Feat. Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco; Another supremely elegant, substantive and compassionate character study from the director of GLORIA that this time focuses on a transgender woman in Santiago, Chile, who mourns the death of her lover and faces the subsequent hostility of his family.
Loveless (2017): Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev
Feat. Matvey Novikov, Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin; Exquisitely austere Russian drama by modern master Zvyagintsev (LEVIATHAN, ELENA) which offers a dissection of a failed relationship against the backdrop of Russia's 21st century malaise.