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Foreign Films New to View March 2024
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Accused
(Dutch) The true story of a nurse who was wrongly imprisoned for 6 years. Lucia was on duty during an infant death. An ambitious DA drives a harsh life sentence, but later discovers issues with witnesses, and even suppression of lab evidence. Once the media gets involved, the accused is finally freed.
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Burning Days
(Turkish) Emre, a young and dedicated prosecutor, is newly appointed to a small town hit by a water crisis and political scandals. After an initial welcome, he experiences an increasing number of tense interactions and is reluctantly dragged into local politics. When Emre forms a bond with the owner of the local newspaper pressure escalates under heated rumors.
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Driving Madeleine
(French) A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver and his fare, a 92-year-old woman whose warmth belies her shocking past. Charles is a taxi driver in Paris, and he is having a very bad day. Enter Madeleine, an immaculately groomed nonagenarian, who informs Charles that the trip today will not be a direct one. She is moving into a nursing home and would like to make some stops along the way predicting that this might be her last car ride through the city. Their ride takes them through the momentous locations of her life and their brief friendship deepens as Madeleine listens to Charles confess his worries. Boon, an actor best known for his comedic work, creates a dramatic portrait of a frustrated man facing a personal crisis of epic proportions. His darker, sharper edges allow Renaud (renowned for decades in France as a singer) to shine as the pure shimmering light that is Madeleine, reminding us that inside every seemingly benign elderly woman we might pass on the street is a warrior, a nurturer, and a spirited adventurer.
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Inside the yellow cocoon shell
(Vietnamese) Winner of the prestigious Camera d'Or for best first film at this year's Cannes Film Festival, the enthralling Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell from Vietnamese filmmaker Pham Thien An is a reverie on faith, loss, and nature expressed with uncommon invention and depth. It's a simple tale told with visual complexity: after a car accident claims the life of his sister-in-law and leaves his 5-year-old nephew an orphan, a thirtysomething man named Thien leaves Saigon for a trip back to his rural hometown. During his meditative, wandering visit, Thien wrestles with his own agnosticism in the face of others' religious beliefs, summons memories of his long-disappeared brother, and reconnects with a former girlfriend who now lives as a nun at a Christian church and school. With its drifting camera, evocative use of natural light, and gratifying perambulatory nature, this is a film with the power to readjust one's perceptions of the world around us.
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Liuben
(Bulgarian) Victor (27) has a nice life in Madrid with his partner, Jose. However, after returning to his childhood home in the mountains of Bulgaria for his grandfather's funeral, he decides to stay for the summer. While reconnecting with his father and the village way of life, he unexpectedly finds love in the form of Liuben, an 18-year-old Roma boy. Despite their differences, and the conflicts surrounding them, Victor and Liuben find refuge in each other, while a romance begins to take form.
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Paris Police
(French) It's Christmas Eve and an unidentified corpse is discovered in the Bois de Boulogne gardens and Inspector Antoine Jouin investigates the murder. Or was it suicide? It's a case that takes him deep into Paris' secret underbelly and into the heavily wooded park on the outskirts of Paris. In this place, people go to seek out and satisfy their darkest desires surreptitiously. This time, Jouin must venture off the beaten track, but at what cost? Under pressure from journalists and politicians, Police Chief Lépine is forced to clean up the streets, a dirty job for the Parisian Vice Squad. Bereaved and worn out by his years in power, Lépine is considering resigning, while rumors are rife that he's having an affair. Despite her fading charms, Marguerite "Deadly Lips" Steinheil has continued to build her fortune with the help of her mysterious protectors. She now runs the city's most upscale gambling ring and highly secretive soirées under the guise of her husband's art shows. His latest work? A wintery, gothic series depicting the notorious … Bois de Boulogne.
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Reborn Rich
(Korean) Song Joong-ki stars as Yoon Hyun-woo, a loyal employee betrayed and murdered by the Soonyang family in a tax evasion cover-up. Reincarnated into Jin Do-jun's body in 1987, he seizes the opportunity for revenge, plotting a hostile takeover of Soonyang Group. The series explores the influence of chaebols and unfolds against the backdrop of the 1997 Asian Financial crisis.
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