Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3248 Films to Rent
Initial D (Tau Man Jid) (2005)
- Dir. Wai Keung Lau
Feat. Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Anthony Wong…
- Sleak and light, this adaptation of the Shuichi Shigeno's famous 'manga' comic by the makers of INFERNAL AFFAIRS, concerns a boy–racer (played…
Italian Film Festival Collection, The - 2007 (2005-2006)
- Comprehensive box–set collection of 11 of the best Italian films featured at the 'Italian Film Festival 2007' spread over 6 discs.
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Italian, The (Italianetz) (2005)
- Dir. Andrei Kravchuk
Feat. Kolya Spiridonov, Nikolai Reutov, Maria Kuznetsova…
- Despite the title there is little Tuscan sunshine to be found here, but instead a frosty though warm–hearted tale from a Russian orphanage,…
Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (2005)
- Dir. Christian Carion
Feat. Ian Richardson, Diane Kruger, Daniel Bruhl
- Fact–based WWI drama centred around how, on Christmas Eve, 1914, opposing French, German and British soldiers called a temporary ceasefire amid…
Karol - A Man Who Became Pope (2005)
- Dir. Giacomo Battiato
Feat. Piotr Adamczyk
- A lavish TV biopic concerning the life of the Polish–born leader of the Roman Catholic church between 1978 and 2005, Karol Wojtyla or Pope John…
King and the Clown, The (2005)
- Dir. Jun-ik Lee
Feat. Woo-seong Kam
- Subversive yet broadly–appealing Korean comedy with a gay streak that turns the Chosun Dynasty on its head with its story of two bawdy court…
Koi Aap Sa (2005)
- Dir. Partho Mitra
Feat. Aftab Shivdasani
- Fruity Bollywood number with Aftab Shivdasani as a hunky football captain torn between his spunky girlfriend and coltish childhood sweetheart.
L'Enfer (Hell) (2005)
- Dir. Danis Tanovic
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Karin Viard, Marie Gillain…
- Intense and twisting family psychodrama based on a script by Krystof Kieslowski (THREE COLOURS) has three French sisters finding their lives…
La Maison de Nina (2005)
- Dir. Richard Dembo
Feat. Agnes Jaoui, Sarah Adler, Katia Lewkowicz
- Quietly accomplished French drama focused on the relationships within the fragile structures of the 'houses of hope': houses run by surrogate mothers…
La Petite Jerusalem (2005)
- Dir. Karin Albou
Feat. Elsa Zylberstein
- Passion must be reconciled with faith for two sisters growing impatient with family and religious boundaries, while living in the drab Parisian…