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Foreign Films November 2023
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Passion (Japanese)
When Kaho and Tomoya announce their engagement at a celebratory dinner with friends, they are unprepared for the emotional turmoil that is unleashed once a prior infidelity comes to light. Later that evening, Tomoya is invited to the apartment of his former classmate, Takako, leading to further revelations of passion and indiscretion.
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Ride On (Mandarin)
After two debt collectors attempt to seize a stunt horse belonging to washed-up stuntman Luo, video of the ensuing confrontation and the dynamic duo's narrow acrobatic escape goes viral on social media. Furious, humiliated, and out for revenge, the vicious debt collectors return, and Luo and Red Hare must engage in several hilarious action-packed stunts and antics that outdo the most daring acts from their glory days to outmaneuver and outsmart the bad guys.
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Roise & Frank (Gaelic)
Roise is still grieving the loss of her husband, Frank, when a mysterious dog shows up at her door. Mildly annoyed by the canine attempting to disrupt her mourning, she attempts to ignore him. But before long, a series of coincidences convince her that somehow this shaggy dog is her husband Frank reincarnated. Soon the dog will win over others in their small town, as well as becoming the unlikely coach to a shy, hurling-loving local boy, before mysteriously disappearing.
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