Posts with the tag 'Foreign'

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Shot entirely in secret, Mohammad Rasoulof’s award-winning thriller, THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, centers on a family thrust into the public eye when Iman is appointed as an investigating judge in Tehran. As political unrest erupts in the streets, Iman realizes that his job is even more dangerous than expected, making him increasingly paranoid and distrustful, even of his own wife Najmeh and daughters Sana and Rezvan.

11/28/24- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.

Add comment November 28th, 2024

SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE

SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE- 2024. Small things like these. “Small Things Like These takes place over Christmas in 1985, when devoted father and coal merchant Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) discovers startling secrets kept by the convent in his town, along with some shocking truths of his own. The film reveals truths about Ireland’s Magdalene laundries — horrific asylums run by Roman Catholic institutions from the 1820s until 1996, ostensibly to reform “fallen young women.” Adapted from the Booker Prize nominated novel by Claire Keegan.”

11/18/2024. Very good reviews by the critics and fair ones from audiences. TRDB

Add comment November 18th, 2024

DISCO BOY

DISCO BOY- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “After a painful journey through Europe, Alex, the Belarusian, joins the Foreign Legion in France and clings to a confused hope of a European identity. Jomo, the Nigerian, fights for the survival and durability of his people in the Niger Delta and is ready to die to defend his ideas. These two young people who are sacrificed and smashed together will, against all odds, meet and their destinies will merge to continue across borders, bodies, life and death.”

2/3/24- Very good reviews for this French drama. TRDB.

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TO KILL A TIGER

TO KILL A TIGER- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In a small Indian village, Ranjit wakes up to find that his 13-year-old daughter has not returned from a family wedding. A few hours later, she’s found stumbling home. After being abducted into the woods, she was sexually assaulted by three men.”

10/19/23- Excellent reviews for this drama in Hindi  language. TRDB.

Add comment October 19th, 2023

THE ORIGIN OF EVIL

THE ORIGIN OF EVIL- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “When Stéphane (Laure Calamy of Call My Agent!, Full Time) gets in touch with wealthy Serge (Jacques Weber), announcing that she is his long-abandoned daughter, his immediate family are none too thrilled. As Stéphane embarks on an extended visit in hopes of getting to know Serge, she also becomes entangled with the hostile women who share a tense existence in his beautifully appointed mansion by the sea.”

9/29/22- Good reviews for this French drama. TRDB.

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NOWHERE

NOWHERE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Pregnant, alone and drifting in the sea, a woman trapped in a shipping container tries to survive after fleeing a devastated totalitarian country.”

9/28/23- Reviews are few and just fair at best. TRDB. Netflix

Add comment September 28th, 2023

REBEL

REBEL- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “When Kamal resolves to change his life for the better, he leaves Belgium to help war victims in Syria. But, having arrived, he is forced to join a militia and is left stranded in Raqqa.”

9/15/23- Excellent reviews for this Arabic drama. TRDB.

Add comment September 15th, 2023

AMERIKATSI

AMERIKATSI- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hope of finding a connection to his roots, but what he finds instead is a country crushed under Soviet rule. After being unjustly imprisoned, Charlie falls into despair, until he discovers that he can see into a nearby apartment from his cell window — the home of a prison guard.”

9/8/23- Excellent reviews for this foreign drama. TRDB.

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THE ETERNAL MEMORY

THE ETERNAL MEMORY- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Augusto and Paulina have been together and in love for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and his wife has since become his caretaker. As one of Chile’s most prominent cultural commentators and television presenters, Augusto is no stranger to building an archive of memory, having been responsible for that herculean task following the Pinochet dictatorship and its systematic erasure of collective consciousness. Now he turns that work to his own life, trying to hold on to his identity with the help of his beloved.”

8/14/23–Excellent reviews for this Spanish documentary. TRDB.

Add comment August 14th, 2023

LOVE LIFE

LOVE LIFE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Taeko and her husband Jiro are living a peaceful existence with her young son Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy’s long-lost father, Park, back into her life. To cope with the pain and guilt, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man.’

8/14/2023- Fairly good reviews for this Japanese drama. TRDB.

Add comment August 14th, 2023

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