Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Foreign Cinema: 598 Films to Buy & Rent
- French Minister, The (Quai d'Orsay) (2013)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Thierry Lhermitte, Niels Arestrup, Julie Gayet…
- A cutting political satire set in the world of French diplomacy, about the relationship between a young speechwriter and the Minister of Foreign…
- Gilded Cage, The (2013)
- Dir. Ruben Alves
Feat. Rita Blanco, Joaquim De Almeida, Roland Giraud
- A beloved migrant family who service an exclusive apartment block in Paris decide to return to Portugal, though not if the residents have a say in…
- Hunting Elephants (2013)
- Dir. Reshef Levi
Feat. Sasson Gabai, Moni Moshonov, Patrick Stewart
- Three old timers, with the aid of a genius grandson, plot to rob a bank in this enjoyable Israeli heist comedy.
- I'm So Excited! (Los amantes pasajeros) (2013)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Javier Camara, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas…
- This campy, featherweight sex comedy set almost entirely on an aeroplane is but a mere footnote in the career of living legend, Pedro Almodovar.
- Journey to the West (Conquering The Demons) (2013)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao), Chi-kin Kwok
Feat. Shu Qi, Zhang Wen, Bo Huang
- Stephen Chow directs this entertaining Monkey legend spoof with imagination and an eye for the ridiculous. Centred on a Buddhist's unpredictable road…
- Living is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)
- Dir. David Trueba
Feat. Javier Camara, Natalia de Molina, Francesc Colomer…
- Award–winning Spanish comedy concerning a Beatles–obsessed school teacher on a quest to meet John Lennon, picking up two teenage runaways…
- Noble Family, The (2013)
- Dir. Gary Alazraki
Feat. Gonzalo Vega, Luis Gerardo Mendez, Karla Souza
- The most successful Mexican film of all time is a broad comedy of familial dysfunction. Three privileged adult children must fend for themselves…
- Of Horses and Men (2013)
- Dir. Benedikt Erlingsson
Feat. Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Charlotte Bøving, Kristbjörg Kjeld
- A series of comic vignettes of life in a rural Icelandic community, which shows the intertwined lives of humans and horses in sometimes awkward…
- Rock the Casbah (2013)
- Dir. Laïla Marrakchi
Feat. Morjana Alaoui, Nadine Labaki, Lubna Azabal…
- Culturally–specific family comedy in which three women reunite in Morocco to mourn in accordance with Muslim tradition following the death of…
- Say Yes! (2013)
- Dir. Leste Chen
Feat. Godfrey Gao, Hailu Qin, Bo Huang
- A Mainland spin on popular Japanese television series “101st Proposal”, about an eternally unsuccessful blind dater who finally meets the girl of…