Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema > Comedy: 606 Films to Buy & Rent
O'Horten (2007)
- Dir. Bent Hamer
Feat. Baard Owe, Ghita Norby
- The director of KITCHEN STORIES follows up with another comic delicacy about a 67–year–old engineer and his oddly challenging quest to…
Om Shanti Om (2007)
- Dir. Farah Khan
Feat. Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone
- From the dir. of MAIN HOON NA, this super–lush, mega–lavish Bollywood spectacular tells the story of a love that overcomes death (through…
Persepolis (2007)
- Dir. Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
- Exceptional black–and–white animated feature for adults based on the autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, who grew up in…
Shall We Kiss? (Un baiser s'il vous plaît) (2007)
- Dir. Emmanuel Mouret
Feat. Virginie Ledoyen, Emmanuel Mouret, Julie Gayet
- Delicate French comedy focused on two strangers who share a romantic evening but stop short of a kiss on her opinion that there is no such thing 'as…
Suso's Tower (La Torre de Suso) (2007)
- Dir. Tom Fernández
Feat. Javier Camara, Gonzalo de Castro, César Vea
- Forced to return to his native Spain following the death of a friend, a hard–living man decides to fulfill his dead mate’s dream of…
Tonight, I'll Sleep At Yours (Ce Soir, Je Dors Chez Toi) (2007)
- Dir. Olivier Baroux
Feat. Jean-Paul Rouve, Mélanie Doutey, Kad Merad
- Feather–light French comedy scripted around a stubborn commitment–phobe who goes to desperate extremes to retain both his freedom and…
Twice Upon a Time (Désaccord parfait) (2007)
- Dir. Antoine de Caunes
Feat. Jean Rochefort, Charlotte Rampling, Isabelle Nanty…
- Agreeable Pan–Euro comedy recounting what happens when a former showbiz couple – a director and his actress muse – reunite thirty years…
Two Days in Paris (2 Days in Paris) (2007)
- Dir. Julie Delpy
Feat. Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg
- Delightful, self–starring directorial debut from Julie Delpy about an angsty Franco–American couple who drop in to visit her very…
Bad Faith (Mauvaise foi) (2006)
- Dir. Roschdy Zem
Feat. Cecile De France, Roschdy Zem
- Likeable cross–cultural fare contemporizes the oft–told GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER predicament by throwing Judaism and Islam into the…
Boss Of It All, The (Direktøren for det hele) (2006)
- Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Jens Albinus, Iben Hjejle, Benedikt Erlingsson…
- Crude, but refreshing change of pace from perennial troublemaker Lars von Trier sees the Danish renegade chance his arm at a corporate–styled…