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Foreign Films November 2023
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La Cérémonie (French)
The crowning achievement of Claude Chabrol's career is a riveting study of class dynamics and the psychology of crime, starring Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Bonnaire as a pair of outsiders who form a mysterious alliance that gradually goes haywire.
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The Eight Mountains (Italian)
An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the Italian Alps features a profound relationship between Pietro and Bruno, who first meet as children in an Alpine village. Years later, the estranged friends reunite, after the passing of Pietro's father, to realize his dream of rebuilding a ruined cabin on a mountain slope.
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The Elderly (Spanish)
After his beloved wife suddenly commits suicide, octogenarian Manuel starts behaving strangely. He becomes aggressive, still believes that he's talking with his dead wife, and even tries to implant a radioreceptor into his chest to communicate with her. His family is confused an angry, and as the temperature rises in a summer heat wave, it appears that Manuel isn't the only senior citizen preparing for something otherworldly. All the elderly folk are acting suspiciously, and they all seem to know something the young ones don't.
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Godland (Icelandic)
In the late nineteenth century, Danish priest Lucas made the perilous trek to Iceland's southeastern coast to establish a church. There, the arrogant man of God finds his resolve tested as he confronts the harsh terrain, temptations of the flesh, and the reality of being an intruder in an unforgiving land. What unfolds is a transfixing journey into the heart of colonial darkness one that's attuned to both the majesty and the terrifying power of the natural world.
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More Than Ever (French)
The story of Helene and Mathieu who have been happily together for many years. Faced with an existential decision, Helene travels alone to Norway to seek peace, an act that will test the strength of their love.
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Plan 75 (Japanese)
Government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be euthanized to remedy an aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a Filipino laborer face life-and-death choices.
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Return To Dust (Mandarin)
In rural Gaotai County, two lonely, middle-aged outcasts are pushed into an arranged marriage by their families. Ma is a humble farmer with little to offer his timid and sickly wife, Cao, except for a small, abandoned house on a barren patch of land. From just a few seeds, their newly planted crops take root and flourish; similarly, an unexpected bond between them starts to blossom. As seasons pass, their dedication to each other grows stronger, but change and adversity soon threaten their idyllic existence.
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Sirens (Arabic)
Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East's first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars.
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Tori and Lokita (French)
The story of seventeen-year-old Lokita and twelve-year-old Tori, two immigrants to Belgium from Cameroon and Benin, respectively whose sibling-like bond is the only resource they can depend on in their struggle for survival on the margins of European society.
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Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar (Hindi)
Rohan Arora and Nisha Malhotra, both hailing from affluent Delhi families, cross paths during their vacation in Spain. The instant Rohan lays eyes on Nisha, he becomes smitten by her charm. They quickly form a strong connection, but as is often the case with modern love, complications arise, putting their budding relationship to the test.
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Unrest (German)
New technologies are transforming a 19th-century watchmaking town in Switzerland. Josephine, a young factory worker, produces the unrest wheel, swinging in the heart of the mechanical watch. Exposed to new ways of organizing money, time, and labor, she gets involved with the local movement of the anarchist watchmakers, where she meets Russian traveler Pyotr Kropotkin.
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