Posts with the tag 'Foreign'
OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Rachel is 40 years old, with no children. She loves her life: her high school students, her friends, her ex, her guitar lessons. When she falls in love with Ali, she becomes attached to Leila, his 4-year-old daughter. She tucks her into bed, cares for her, loves her like her own. But to love other people’s children is risky.”
4/23/23- Excellent reviews for this French comedy/drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
April 23rd, 2023
EVERYTHING WENT FINE- 2023. “When André (André Dussollier) contacts his adult daughter, Emmanuèle, (Sophie Marceau) with a devastating final wish, she is forced to reconcile her past with him, in François Ozon’s powerful family drama.”
4/17/23- Excellent reviews from the critics and fair ones from audiences. TRDB.
5/29/23- Wonderful acting and a very important topic as well. I liked it very much. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
April 17th, 2023
HONORABLE MEN- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Honorable Men tells the story of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s unexpected rise to power and his dramatic fall from grace, from the highest office in the land to Ward 10 at Maasiyahu Prison. Set as a political thriller, it follows the incredible events that elevated him to power and set the stage for his epic fall, creating a portrait of a multifaceted man and providing a behind-the-scenes look at the mechanisms and machinations that control politics, justice, war and peace.”
4/16/23- Just a few reviews so far and they are mixed. TRDB.
Tags: documentary, Foreign
April 16th, 2023
SUZUME- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “17-year-old Suzume’s journey begins in a quiet town in Kyushu when she encounters a young man who tells her, “I’m looking for a door.” What Suzume finds is a single weathered door standing upright in the midst of ruins as though it was shielded from whatever catastrophe struck. Seemingly drawn by its power, Suzume reaches for the knob.”
4/16/23- Excellent reviews for this animated Japanese film. TRDB.
Tags: animated, drama, Foreign
April 16th, 2023
TORI AND LOKITA- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A friendship develops between two young people after they are exiled in Belgium.”
4/12/23- Very good reviews by the critics and fair ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
April 12th, 2023
JOYLAND- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The Ranas–a happily patriarchal joint family–yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line. Their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story slowly illuminates the entire Rana family’s desire for sexual rebellion.”
4/7/23- Excellent reviews for this drama in Urdu. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
April 7th, 2023
FUGUE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Alicja does not know how she lost her memory, but in two years, she has created a new, independent life for herself, and has turned her back on her unknown past. But her family finds her, and she is returned to a home she does not know to be a mother, daughter, and wife to people who are strangers to her.”
4/2/23- Excellent reviews for this Polish drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
April 2nd, 2023
KILL BOKSOON- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “At work, she’s a renowned assassin. At home, she’s a single mom to a teenage girl. Killing is easy. It’s parenting that’s the hard part.”
4/2/23- Good reviews for this Korean drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
April 2nd, 2023
THE FIVE DEVILS- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Eight-year-old Vicky has a mysterious gift: she can recreate any scent she comes across, even that of her beloved mother Joanne. When her estranged aunt suddenly returns to town, the invocation of her fragrance plunges the young girl back in time to unravel a past replete with family secrets and queer romance.”
3/26/23- Good reviews for this French drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
March 26th, 2023
THE WORST ONES- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A film shooting will take place at the cité Picasso, in the suburbs of Boulogne-Sur-Mer, in the north of France. During the casting, four teenagers, Lily, Ryan, Maylis and Jessy are chosen to play in the film. Everyone in the neighborhood is surprised: why only take the “worst ones”?
3/25/23- Excellent reviews for this French comedy/drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
March 25th, 2023
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