THE CHARMER- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix “Desperate to avoid deportation by securing Danish citizenship, Iranian migrant Esmail is looking for a woman who can expedite his plan. But when he falls for Sarah — who sees through his charms — Esmail’s past comes back to haunt him.”
12/5/18- Very good reviews for this Iranian drama. TRDB.
12/11/18- I found the movie both sensitive and suspenseful. Definitely worth seeing. TRDB. At the Theater.
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PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF DESIRE- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Offering a fascinating but dark vision of the future, documentarian Hao Wu ventures into China’s digital universe to examine a popular live-streaming platform called YY, where minimally talented performers seek money, celebrity and human connection.”
11/30/18- Excellent reviews by everybody. TRDB.
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SICILIAN GHOST STORY- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this real life-inspired drama, gangsters kidnap 13-year-old Giuseppe to keep his ex-mob-enforcer dad from testifying against them. While the residents of Giuseppe’s village keep mum about the crime, a smitten classmate begins a search for him.”
11/3/0/18- Excellent reviews from the critics and weak ones from audiences. TRDB.
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HAPPY AS LAZZARO- 2018. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Lazzaro is a naive and optimistic twenty-year-old farmer; Tancredi is instead a young man with a fervid imagination. Between the two it is born an unexpected friendship, that above all for Lazzaro turns out to be an important moment of growth. Over time, the two face many difficulties together, until Tancredi makes his tracks lose in the city, and Lazzaro sets out to search for him.”
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SHOPLIFTERS- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Earning only meager incomes, Osamu and his wife supplement their wages by shoplifting, with help from son Shota. While heading home on a winter night, father and son come across a freezing young girl and make a fateful decision to take her home.”
11/23/18- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
3/21/19- Beautifully done and very well acted. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
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FAMILY IN TRANSITION- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “When Amit Tsuk, the patriarch of a family living in a conservative Israeli town, announces his wish to become a woman, his wife and children are shocked but get used to the idea in time. Meanwhile, Amit’s spouse begins a personal journey of her own.”
11/23/18- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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LAS SANDINISTAS- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “This compelling documentary looks at the pivotal role played by the female rebel forces who battled on the front lines in Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution and continue to fight for equality and justice 35 years later.”
11/21/18- Very few reviews so far and they are mixed. TRDB.
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ROMA- 2018. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. ” ROMA follows Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a young domestic worker for a family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City.”
11/22/18- Great reviews. TRDB.
12/15/18- Sorry to say but I was disappointed in this well hyped foreign drama. I found it much too slow and most of the themes presented I have seen before and better. TRDB. Netflix Streaming.
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THE WILD BOYS- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “As punishment for committing a ritualistic murder, five teen boys on the island of La Réunion are forced to sail with a Dutch captain whose cruelty drives them to rebel. But they soon end up on a mysterious island, where they undergo a metamorphosis.”
11/16/18- Excellent reviews by the critics and good ones by audiences. TRDB.
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DAUGHTER OF MINE- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Ten-year-old Vittoria is already chafing at the rules her doting mom imposes on her when she meets free-spirited Angelica, who mesmerizes Vittoria. But she finds her world upended after learning that Angelica is her birth mother.”
11/16/18- Excellent reviews for this drama from Italy. TRDB.
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