Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Foreign Cinema: 1792 Films to Buy & Rent
Saturn in Opposition (Saturno Contro) (2007)
- Dir. Ferzan Ozpetek
Feat. Stefano Accorsi, Margherita Buy, Pierfrancesco Favino
- Sensitive ensemble drama exploring the relationships of a group of friends who meet regularly for dinner.
Ozpetek brings his characters…
Secret of the Grain, The (Couscous) (2007)
- Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche
Feat. Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Farida Benkhetache…
- Acclaimed French film siphons the daily trials and tribulations of a working class Arab clan, whose patriarch dreams of opening a restaurant…
Son Of A Lion (2007)
- Dir. Benjamin Gilmour
Feat. Niaz Khan Shinwari, Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad
- Pertinent, courageous drama filmed entirely in the Pashtun tribal area, telling the story of a young Pakistani boy who yearns to go to school and…
Strangers (2007)
- Dir. Guy Nattiv, Erez Tadmor
Feat. Patrick Albenque, Lubna Azabal, Mila Dekker
- Balancing hopeful romanticism with political realism, this fatalistic drama brings together an Israeli and Palestinian in Paris during the frenzy of…
Suso's Tower (La Torre de Suso) (2007)
- Dir. Tom Fernández
Feat. Javier Camara, Gonzalo de Castro, César Vea
- Forced to return to his native Spain following the death of a friend, a hard–living man decides to fulfill his dead mate’s dream of…
Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna) (2007)
- Dir. Patricia Riggen
Feat. Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez…
- Stirring drama following Carlitos (Alonso) a young boy living in Mexico and his mother Rosario (del Castillo) living in LA, and their epic journey to…
Witnesses, The (2007)
- Dir. Andre Techine
Feat. Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Beart, Sami Bouajila…
- Told in three chapters, this matter–of–fact ensemble drama centred on the AIDS crisis as it hit Paris during the eighties, develops into…
XXY (2007)
- Dir. Lucía Puenzo
Feat. Ricardo Darín, Ines Efron, Martin Piroyanski
- Articulate portrayal of the life of an intersex teenager searching for identity and exploring the complexities of coming–of–age in a…
You the Living (2007)
- Dir. Roy Andersson
Feat. Jessica Lundberg, Elisabeth Helander, Björn Englund
- Master of the painstaking, deadpan vignette, Roy Andersson, continues his singular and obsessive vision with this absurdist comedy of…
After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet) (2006)
- Dir. Susanne Bier
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen
- A rewarding drama with a political conscience and a romantic heart, Mads Mikkelsen plays a teacher at an Indian orphanage who returns to Denmark to…