Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Foreign Cinema: 1767 Films to Buy & Rent
- Lorna's Silence (Le Silence de Lorna) (2007)
- Dir. Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Feat. Arta Dobroshi, Jeremie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione
- Further tales of hardship from the Cannes–winning Dardenne brothers, concerning the plight of an Albanian woman seeking Belgian citizenship…
- Lust, Caution (Se, Jie) (2007)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Joan Chen, Wei Tang…
- Dir. Ang Lee (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN) returns to the mainland to present a slow–burn, psychologically dense and provocative spy thriller, based on…
- Manual of Love 2 (Capitoli successivi) (2007)
- Dir. Giovanni Veronesi
Feat. Carlo Verdone, Monica Bellucci, Riccardo Scamarcio
- Monica Bellucci climbs abroad in this wry sequel. Director Giovanni Veronesi delves once again into the mysterious recesses of the human heart and…
- My Brother Is An Only Child (Mio Fratello è Figlio Unico) (2007)
- Dir. Daniele Luchetti
Feat. Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro…
- The struggle between popular Communist and Fascist groups in 60's Italy is the stage for this tale of hot–headed sibling and filial conflict.…
- Noodle (2007)
- Dir. Ayelet Menahemi
Feat. Mili Avital, BaoQi Chen
- Satisfying, well–realized tale of an Israeli flight attendant who becomes the reluctant guardian of a six–year–old Chinese boy…
- 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…
- One Hundred Nails (Centochidi) (2007)
- Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Raz Degan, Luna Bendandi
- Quiet, thoughtful drama involving a jaded professor who in a fit of apostasy flees to the countryside only to be taken for Jesus by the locals.
- 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…
- Romance Of Astrea and Ceadon, The (2007)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Stéphanie Crayencour, Andy Gillet, Cécile Cassel…
- Eric Rohmer, master of the seasonal romantic tryst, steps out with this playful adaptation of a 17th century French novel, in which a handsome…
- Rush Hour (The Trial Begins) (2007)
- Dir. Vincenzo Marra
Feat. Michelle Lastella, Fanny Ardant, Giulia Bevilacqua…
- Tightly directed drama about the temptation of amoral manipulation. Italian tax official Filippo makes himself guilty of fraud and bribery to join…