Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3255 Films to Rent
Unknown Woman, The (La Sconosciuta) (2006)
- Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
Feat. Kseniya Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini
- Skillful Hitchcockian suspense hailed as a return to form for the director of CINEMA PARADISO, following a troubled Ukrainian immigrant in Italy who…
Valet, The (La Doublure) (2006)
- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Gad Elmaleh, Daniel Auteuil, Alice Taglioni…
- Another inspired comic concoction from Francis Veber (dir. of most everything French and funny), that this time follows a meek parking valet who…
Vanaja (2006)
- Dir. Rajnesh Domalpalli
Feat. Mamatha Bhukya
- Heartfelt story of empowerment centres around the rape and subsequent pregnancy of a 15–year–old Indian girl who aspires to be a…
Vengeance (Phairii phinaat paa mawrana) (2006)
- Dir. Preaw Sirisuwan
- Fast–paced jungle fantasy horror has a young man and his friends in pursuit of an escaped prisoner inside a fantastical forest populated by…
Vitus (2006)
- Dir. Fredi M. Murer
Feat. Julika Jenkins, Urs Jucker, Bruno Ganz…
- Sweet–natured chronicle of a young prodigy whose parents demand success as a pianist.
The problem of trying to foster a child’s talent but…
Volver (2006)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas
- Formidable Spanish brand–name dir. Almodovar re–embracing what he knows best – womanhood – in a vibrant and tempestuous tale of…
What is Love? (Quale Amore) (2006)
- Dir. Maurizio Sciarra
Feat. Giorgio Pasotti, Arnoldo Foa, Vanessa Incontrada…
- Sullen adaptation of Tolstoy's "Kreutzer Sonata" has jealous Pasotti recount how he murdered his wife. Good looking film features some accomplished…
13 Tzameti (2005)
- Dir. Géla Babluani
Feat. Aurelien Recoing, Georges Babluani
- Coolly disturbing noir thriller tracks the fate of a struggling immigrant labourer who intercepts a package with instructions that lead him into a…
9th Company (2005)
- Dir. Fyodor Bondarchuk
Feat. Artur Smolyaninov, Aleksey Chadov , Konstantin Kryukov
- A muscular, at times brutal, war film set during the Russian invasion of Afghanistan follows a regiment from training to ill–fated combat with…
Accused (Anklaget) (2005)
- Dir. Jacob Thuesen
Feat. Troels Lyby, Sofie Grabol
- Unnerving Danish chamber–piece concerns the accusation by a 14–year–old girl that her father has sexually abused her – a…