Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Foreign Cinema: 1792 Films to Buy & Rent
In the City of Sylvia (2007)
- Dir. José Luis Guerín
Feat. Xavier Lafitte, Pilar López de Ayala
- A bouquet of visual and aural pleasures, this sensually shot mood–piece follows an unnamed artist who in turn ‘stalks’ a fetching young…
Joy Division (2007)
- Dir. Reg Traviss
Feat. Ed Stoppard, Tom Schilling, Bernadette Heerwagen…
- Ed Stoppard, son of Sir Tom, stars as a young German boy who becomes a KGB agent in this ambitious wartime saga that sweeps from WWII to swinging,…
Kaidan (2007)
- Dir. Hideo Nakata
Feat. Kumiko Aso
- Period J–horror from the director of THE RING relays the ghostly tale of a samurai’s son attempting to escape an ancient curse laid on his…
Katyn (2007)
- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Żmijewski, Pawel Malaszynski
- Andrzej Wajda cements himself as Poland’s greatest director with this late–career triumph, a war story addressing the eradication of some…
Kite Runner, The (2007)
- Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Khalid Abdalla, Homayon Ershadi, Shaun Toub…
- The ravages of Afghanistan and its effect on an American 'refugee' forms the basis of Khaled Hosseini's best–selling book, here given due…
La Vie en Rose (2007)
- Dir. Olivier Dahan
Feat. Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Emmanuelle Seigner…
- Marion Cotillard excels (and deservingly won a Best Actress Oscar) in this stunning new biopic of the life and times of French singer Edith…
La Zona (2007)
- Dir. Rodrigo Plá
Feat. Daniel Giménez Cacho, Carlos Bardem, Daniel Tovar…
- Award winning, intensely scripted and thought provoking drama set in a wealthy Mexican compound where the residents have formed a vigilante group to…
Lessons in Chocolate (Lezioni di Cioccolato) (2007)
- Dir. Claudio Cupellini
Feat. Luca Argentero, Violante Placido, Neri Marcore…
- A building contractor on the verge of closing his biggest deal to date finds his future jeopardized when an illegally hired worker is injured on the…
Like Stars on Earth (Taare Zameen Par) (2007)
- Dir. Aamir Khan
Feat. Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra
- Drama from Indian actor–director Aamir Khan (3 IDIOTS) following the life of an imaginative 8–year old boy with diagnosed dyslexia, who…
Lorna's Silence (Le Silence de Lorna) (2007)
- Dir. Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Feat. Arta Dobroshi, Jeremie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione
- Further tales of hardship from the Cannes–winning Dardenne brothers, concerning the plight of an Albanian woman seeking Belgian citizenship…