Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Foreign Cinema: 606 Films to Buy & Rent
Wedding Speech, The (Le discours) (2020)
- Dir. Laurent Tirard
Feat. Kyan Khojandi, Sara Giraudeau, Benjamin Lavernhe…
- Smart and sophisticated crowd–pleaser from French director Laurent Tirard (NICHOLAS ON HOLIDAY), following an anxiety–ridden man who is…
An Unexpected Love (El amor menos pensado) (2019)
- Dir. Juan Vera
Feat. Ricardo Darín, Mercedes Morán
- Argentinian romantic comedy exploring the lives of a couple who, after 25 years of marriage, decide to explore being single, with hilarious and…
Dogs Don't Wear Pants (Koirat eivät käytä housuja) (2019)
- Dir. J.-P. Valkeapää
Feat. Krista Kosonen
- Finnish erotic drama about a lonely dad who is traumatized by the loss of his wife in a drowning accident, and stumbles into ecstasy via a powerful…
First Love (Hatsukoi) (2019)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Shota Sometani…
- Crime thriller from prolific Japanese auteur director Takashi Miike set over a single night in Tokyo, where a down–on–his luck boxer and…
Heroic Losers (2019)
- Dir. Sebastian Borensztein
Feat. Ricardo Darín, Luis Brandoni, Chino Darin…
- Winning underdog comedy from Argentinian director Sebastian Borensztein (CHINESE TAKEAWAY) based on the novel by Eduardo Sacheri (THE SECRET IN THEIR…
I Feel Good (2019)
- Dir. Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Feat. Jean Dujardin, Yolande Moreau
- Oscar winner Jean Dujardin (THE ARTIST) stars in this quirky French comedy about a man with a ridiculous get–rich–quick scheme involving…
It Must Be Heaven (2019)
- Dir. Elia Suleiman
Feat. Elia Suleiman, Tarik Kopty, Kareem Ghneim…
- Brilliantly absurdist comedy of errors following a Palestinian filmmaker who leaves his country for the West and the promise of a new and better…
My Days of Glory (Mes jours de gloire) (2019)
- Dir. Antoine de Bary
Feat. Vincent Lacoste, Emmanuelle Devos, Christopher Lambert
- French comedy about a self–absorbed, unemployed twenty–something who shamelessly sponges off his parents after his promising career as a…
Mystery of Henri Pick, The (Le mystère Henri Pick) (2019)
- Dir. Rémi Bezançon
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Camille Cottin, Alice Isaaz…
- Delectable literary–themed French comedy caper based on the book of the same name by David Foenkinos.
The titular Henri Pick is a…
Of Love and Lies (2019)
- Dir. Julien Rappeneau
Feat. François Damiens, Andre Dussollier, Maleaume Paquin
- Uplifting French dramedy about a diminutive but spirited 12–year old boy who challenges his lonely disillusioned dad into embracing life again…