Posts with the tag 'Foreign'
SAINT OMER- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Saint-Omer court of law. Young novelist Rama attends the trial of Laurence Coly, a young woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama’s convictions and call into question our own judgement.”
1/154/23- Excellent reviews from the critics and awful ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 15th, 2023
MARS ONE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The Martins family are optimistic dreamers, quietly leading their lives in the margins of a major Brazilian city following the disappointing inauguration of a far-right extremist president. A lower-middle-class Black family, they feel the strain of their new reality as the political dust settles. Tércia, the mother, reinterprets her world after an unexpected encounter leaves her wondering if she’s cursed. Her husband, Wellington, puts all of his hopes into the soccer career of their son, Deivinho, who reluctantly follows his father’s ambitions despite secretly aspiring to study astrophysics and colonize Mars.”
1/7/23- Very good reviews by the critics and terrible ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 7th, 2023
NO BEARS- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “NO BEARS portrays two parallel love stories. In both, the lovers are troubled by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition and the mechanics of power.”
12/30/22- Excellent reviews by the critics for this Persian language drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
December 30th, 2022
CHILDREN OF THE MIST- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Di is a 12-year-old girl living in Vietnam. She belongs to the Hmong ethnic minority where women get married very young, enduring the controversial tradition of “bride-kidnapping.” On the Lunar New Year’s Eve, Di has disappeared.”
12/20/22- Just a few reviews for this Vietnamese documentary and they are terrific. TRDB.
Tags: documentary, Foreign
December 20th, 2022
THE SUPER 8 YEARS- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The French writer and 2022 Nobel Prize awardee Annie Ernaux, whose novels and memoirs have gained her a devoted following (and whose autobiographical L’Événement was adapted just last year into the critically acclaimed film Happening), opens a treasure trove with this delicate journey into her family’s memory.”
12/18/22- Excellent reviews for this French documentary. TRDB.
Tags: documentary, Foreign
December 18th, 2022
BLANQUITA- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Blanca, an 18-year-old foster home resident, is the key witness in a scandal involving kids, politicians and rich men taking part in sex parties. Yet, the more questions are asked, the less clear it becomes what Blanca’s role in the scandal exactly is.”
12/12/22- Excellent reviews for this Spanish drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
December 12th, 2022
SIMPLE AS WATER- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Epic in scope but intimate and elegant in feel, SIMPLE AS WATER is a meditation on the elemental bonds between parent and child. A masterful look at the impact of war, separation and displacement, the film takes audiences into Syrian families’ quests for normalcy and through the whirlwind of obstacles — to building life anew. Filmed over the course of five years in five countries including Turkey, Greece, Germany, Syria and the US, Mylan’s sensitive camera reifies the universal importance of family.”
12/12/21- Excellent reviews by all of the critics. TRDB.
Tags: documentary, Foreign
December 12th, 2022
ONE FINE MORNING- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Sandra, a young mother who raises her daughter alone, pays regular visits to her sick father. While she and her family fight tooth and nail to get him the care he requires, Sandra reconnects with Clément, a friend she hasn’t seen in a while. Although he is in a relationship, the two begin a passionate affair.”
12/11/22- Very good reviews for this French drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
December 11th, 2022
BANTU MAMA- 11/23/22. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A French woman of African descent manages to escape after being arrested in the Dominican Republic. She finds shelter in the most dangerous district of Santo Domingo, where she is taken in by a group of children. By becoming their protégée and maternal figure, she will see her destiny change inexorably.”
11/23/22- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
November 23rd, 2022
EO- 2022- Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss.”
11/18/22- Very good reviews. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
November 18th, 2022
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