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Foreign Films New to View January 2025 |
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The Story of Park's Marriage Contract
(Korean) In the 19th century, on the night of her wedding day, Park Yeon Woo's husband died after revealing that he had suffered from a heart condition for a long time. She is devastated, but before she can even mourn her husband, a man kidnaps her and throws her in a well. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw her husband before her. Transcending time, space, and death, she is now in present-day Seoul, South Korea, and the man who saves her from the swimming pool is Kang Tae Ha, who looks a lot like her dead husband from the 19th century. Kang Tae Ha is the successor of SH Seoul Corporation. He does not like opening himself up to others due to his heart disease and the trauma that he endured in his childhood. He prioritizes logic over emotions and is uninterested in having a romantic relationship, but his ill grandfather tells him that he wishes to see his wedding before he dies. To make his grandfather's wish come true, Kang Tae Ha asks Park Yeon Woo to enter into a contract marriage with him.
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Master Crimes
(French) Master Crimes is the latest hit series from prolific television writer and showrunner Elsa Marpeau. This six-episode light and frothy police procedural follows two very different Parisian women as they come together to solve a series of six different, violent and perplexing crimes. Louise Arbus, an eccentric, exasperating, brilliant and immaculately groomed psycho-criminology professor at the Sorbonne. Robin's real-life wife, Anne Le Nen is Captain Barbara Delandre, a hyperactive yet practical law enforcement professional who always plays it by the book. Louise's skills are first called upon when a line from one of her books is found printed across a victim's back. She quickly assembles her investigative dream team made up of herself and four of her students, each with their own special skills that they bring to the table to help find the killer. Their eccentric approach to the investigation frustrates Captain Delandre and they quickly become her worst nightmare.
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The Binding
(Hebrew) Binyamin (21), moved to Tel Aviv after coming out as gay and facing the trauma after his brother death for which he feels responsible. Binyamin's life takes turn when his relationship with Avinoam (49), the pub owner he works, grows closer.
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Holy Cow
(Farsi) Tapdig has a dream of bringing a European cow into his picturesque village in Azerbaijan to improve the conditions of his poor family. He decides to call the cow Madona. His passion unsettles the traditional community, the Old Men see a threat in having a foreign cow among them as they say its milk will be full of chemicals. Even his wife Vafa does not want to take care of such a strange breed. But Tapdig is ready to risk it all and challenges the conservative mentality to open up and rethink the attitude. How do human beings handle change while remaining true to their own traditions? Holy Cow questions the prejudices against the unknown and how ready are we to accept a newcomer. Includes Azerbaijani and Farsi dialogue.
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Till the End of the Moon
(Mandarin) In an era when demons have dominion over cultivators and mortals, the cultivator elders believe it is imperative to send someone back in time to discover the origin of the demon lord and prevent his resurrection. Li Su Su accepts the mission and assumes the identity of mortal Ye Xi Wu, the second daughter of General Ye. She's married to Tantai Jin, the captive prince and future demon lord, and is determined to destroy him, aware that in the future he will come to massacre many. But as witness to Tantai Jin's past life and rise to power, an unexpected tale emerges, one complicating her quest.
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