Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema > Romance: 280 Films to Buy & Rent
Fire (1996)
- Dir. Deepa Mehta
Feat. Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das
- Blazing melodrama defiantly targets Indian sexual hypocrisy and tradition, not to mention trangressing 'Bollywood' taboo, in portraying two women…
Guantanamera (1996)
- Dir. Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabio
Feat. Carlos Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Jorge Perugorria…
- A quirky mix of low–speed road movie and romantic comedy following the unsteady progress of a funeral procession across the length of Cuba…
Nelly and Mr. Anaud (1996)
- Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Michel Serrault
- Emmanuelle Beart gets caught up in a May–to–December romance with Michel Serrault in another elegant and subtle drama from the director…
Temptress Moon (1996)
- Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Gong Li, Leslie Cheung
- Chen Kaige elevates the sumptuous Chinese epoch of FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE with this visually rapturous, though far less coherent saga of epic…
Tierra (Earth) (1996)
- Dir. Julio Medem
Feat. Carmelo Gómez, Emma Suarez, Karra Elejalde
- Intimate portrait of Angel (Gomez), an exterminator who travels to a remote wine–making town to rid them of a plague of woodlice, and gradually…
When the Cat's Away (1996)
- Dir. Cedric Klapisch
Feat. Garance Clavel, Zinedine Soualem
- A movie for cat lovers and young romantics alike, this Latino–tinged, funky, yet alluringly modest French film follows the dowdy–cute…
All Things Fair (1995)
- Dir. Bo Widerberg
Feat. Johan Widerberg, Marika Lagercrantz
- The late Bo Widerberg's swansong records a bittersweet memoir of his love affair with a teacher 22 years his senior. The casting of his young son in…
Beyond the Clouds (Al di là delle nuvole) (1995)
- Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Fanny Ardant, Chiara Caselli, Irene Jacob…
- Michelangelo Antonioni's final film weaves together four stories of discontented love in his characteristic cinematic style.
Featuring a huge…
French Woman, A (Une Femme Francaise) (1995)
- Dir. Regis Wargnier
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Daniel Auteuil
- Emmanuelle Beart stars in this period tale of idyllic romance compromised by the reality of war. The director of INDOCHINE again embraces the…
Rendezvous in Paris (1995)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Clara Bellar, Mathias Mégard, Antoine Basler
- A delicately poised triptych framed around three lighthearted tales of philandering men and women. Minor, though quintessential Rohmer dalliance…