Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Foreign Cinema: 614 Films to Buy & Rent
Noi Albinoi (Noi the Albino) (2003)
- Dir. Dagur Kari
Feat. Tomas Lemarquis, Pröstur Leó Gunnarsson
- Distinctive drama about a 'gifted' 17–year–old who rebels against the limits of life in a remote Icelandic town.
Brimming with…
Other Side of the Bed, The (2003)
- Dir. Emilio Martinez Lazaro
Feat. Paz Vega, Natalia Verbeke, Ernesto Alterio…
- Frisky Spanish sex comedy involving the criss–crossing love affairs across a group of "friends" and acquaintances.
Cast with 'Guess Jeans'…
Schultze Gets the Blues (2003)
- Dir. Michael Schorr
Feat. Horst Krause, Harald Warmbrunn
- A recently retired worker (Krause) in a dismal German mining town, discovers an unexpected passion for playing Zydeco rhythms on the piano accordion,…
Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction) (2003)
- Dir. Jean-François Pouliot
Feat. Raymond Bouchard, David Boutin
- Amiable and crafty, this Québécois comedy has a small fishing village trying to gently persuade a visiting young doctor to take up permanent…
Tais Toi! (Ruby and Quentin) (2003)
- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Jean Reno, Andre Dussollier…
- Another reliable entertainment from the writer–director of THE CLOSET and THE DINNER GAME, this screwball crime comedy boasts a central comic…
800 Balas (800 Bullets) (2002)
- Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Carmen Maura, Sancho Gracia
- Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia (DAY OF THE BEAST) brings his wild energy to this story of a stuntman in Almeria whose career is floundering in…
Asterix and Obelix - Mission Cleopatra (2002)
- Dir. Alain Chabat
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Alain Chabat, Monica Bellucci…
- The core cast of 1999's disastrous ASTERIX AND OBELIX TAKE ON CAESAR return for a far more successful adaptation of one of those classic…
Bollywood Hollywood (2002)
- Dir. Deepa Mehta
Feat. Rahul Khanna, Lisa Ray
- The dir. of the 'elements trilogy' (FIRE, EARTH, WATER) conceived this less artful, but rather clever insider's take on the Bollywood musical…
Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)
- Dir. Jeff Lau
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Faye Wong, Chen Chang…
- Silly only in appearance, this in–joke laden spoof of Hong Kong cinema stapes – Chinese opera, gender–bending romances, and…
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (A la Folie pas du Tout) (2002)
- Dir. Laetitia Colombani
Feat. Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan
- A slyly–structured tale of adultery which uses the ambiguous qualities of actress Audrey Tautou (AMELIE) to deliver some thrilling…