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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Loro (2018): Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Feat. Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio…; The director of THE GREAT BEAUTY returns with another tale of Italian decadence and corruption, this time based on the life and times of the infamous and scandal-plagued Silvio Berlusconi. A bold and controversial speculation on what may or may not have taken place behind closed doors, with the…
Happy as Lazzaro (2018): Dir. Alice Rohrwacher
Feat. Adriano Tardiolo, Nicoletta Braschi, Sergi Lopez…; It's summer at Inviolata, an isolated rural estate, where an extended family of tobacco farmers toil under the rule of a domineering marchesa, and where the handsome and hard-working Lazzaro, a young man imbued with a saint-like innocence, is alternately adored and taken advantage of. When the marchesa's…
Heiresses, The (2018): Dir. Marcelo Martinessi
Feat. Ana Brun, Margarita Irún, Anna Ivanova; A supremely elegant slow-burn drama from Paraguay about a privileged middle-aged lesbian couple whose new found financial hardship results in one being imprisoned for petty fraud while the other is humbled as a chauffeur for the other wealthy women of the neighbourhood.
Sink or Swim (2018): Dir. Gilles Lellouche
Feat. Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoit Poelvoorde…; A group of 40-something guys, all on the verge of a mid-life crisis, decide to form their local pool's first ever synchronized swimming team - for men. Braving the skepticism and ridicule of those around them, and trained by a fallen champion trying to pull herself together, the group set out on an unlikely…
Girl (2018): Dir. Lukas Dhont
Feat. Victor Polster; This Belgian drama was a hit at Cannes owing to it's grace and emotional depth. Transsexual teenager Lara is committed to becoming a professional ballerina but faces much more than the usual adolescent challenges when her body fails to conform to the discipline the same way as those born female. A story…
Woman at War (2018): Dir. Benedikt Erlingsson
Feat. Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir; A quirky, heroic tale of a fifty-year-old environmental activist who is secretly waging a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry and risking everything to conserve the pristine Icelandic highlands she loves. But her passionate plans of action are unexpectedly disrupted by the news of her chance to…
Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak and Chic (2019): Dir. Yann L’Henoret; An all access look behind the scenes into the glamorous world of visionary French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, as he prepares an outrageous "Fashion Freak Show" cabaret at the Folies Bergère.