FRANCE- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In FRANCE, a satirical drama set in contemporary Paris, Léa Seydoux stars as France de Meurs, a seemingly unflappable superstar TV journalist whose career, home life, and psychological stability are turned upside down after she carelessly drives into a young delivery man on a busy street.”
12/10/21- Awful reviews for this French movie but it sounded OK to me. TRDB.
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A SON ( UN FILS )-2019. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A SON (UN FILS) is an intense family drama about 11 year old Aziz who needs a liver transplant after being seriously injured during a terrorist ambush while on holiday in 2011. At the hospital, a family secret will be revealed.”
12/10/21- Excellent reviews for this drama from Tunisia. TRDB.
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THE SUMMIT OF THE GODS- 2021. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this animated adventure, a photojournalist sets out to determine whether mountaineer George Mallory and his climbing partner, Andrew Irvine, were the first to scale Mount Everest. But the question can only be answered by locating Mallory’s camera.”
12/4/21- Excellent reviews for this animated drama. TRDB.
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DRIVE MY CAR- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima), a renowned stage actor and director, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There, he meets Misaki Watari (Toko Miura), a taciturn young woman assigned by the festival to chauffeur him in his beloved red Saab 900. As the production’s premiere approaches, tensions mount amongst the cast and crew, not least between Yusuke and Koji Takatsuki, a handsome TV star who shares an unwelcome connection to Yusuke’s late wife.”
11/27/21- Excellent reviews for this Japanese drama. TRDB.
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PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Three young girls on the path to adolescence examine life in a town at war.”
11/20/21- Good reviews for this foreign drama. TRDB.
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PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Three young girls on the path to adolescence examine life in a town at war.”
11/19/21- Excellent reviews for this foreign drama. TRDB.
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THEY SAY NOTHING STAYS THE SAME- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In the debut directorial feature by actor Joe Odagiri, The Say Nothing Stays the Same follows an old ferryman in a remote Meiji-era community. His life is a peaceful, cyclical existence, given meaning by the essential role he plays in transporting people, livestock and goods across the water, connecting villages and lives. When news arrives that a bridge is being built, it’s clear that his services will no longer be needed. Meanwhile, his life will be equally transformed by the appearance of a mysterious young woman whom he saves from drowning.”
11/13/21- Great reviews for this Japanese drama. TRDB.
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UPPERCASE PRINT- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Mugur C?linescu, a 16-year-old teenager, writes another story on walls with chalked uppercase protest messages against the regime. His actions are compiled in a voluminous file kept by the Secret Police (Securitate), which observed, apprehended, interrogated and destroyed him. Linking both stories — secret and public, personal and collective — brings to light an unknown hero 30 years after the fall of communism.”
11/13/21- Reviews are just fair but it sounds OK to me. TRDB.
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7 PRISONERS– 2021. Synopsis by Netflix. “When 18-year-old Mateus learns about work at a scrap yard in São Paulo, he leaps at the chance to bring money home to his family in rural Brazil. But after he discovers that the job amounts to enslavement, he’s faced with tough moral choices.”
11/13/21- Excellent reviews from all. TRDB.
11/14/21- I agree with the critics- excellent and definitely worth a viewing. TRDB.
About human trafficking.
11/28/21- Excellent reviews for this documentary. I saw it and I agree! TRDB.
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A COP MOVIE- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Following family tradition, Teresa and Montoya join the police force, only to find their convictions and hopes crushed by a dysfunctional system. Their emotional bond becomes a refuge for the hostility they are exposed to. Through a bold experiment of narrative and documentary storytelling, A Cop Movie propels the viewer into an unusual cinematic space, giving voice to one of Mexico’s most controversial institutions.”
11/5/21- Excellent reviews for this Spanish language drama. TRDB.
11/5/21- Boring and I turned it off. TRDB.
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