Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3255 Films to Rent
A Quiet Life (2010)
- Dir. Claudio Cupellini
Feat. Toni Servillo, Marco D'Amore, Francesco Di Leva…
- Moody thriller with Servillo –outstanding once again– as a restauranteur who's past resurfaces after a chance encounter with two…
A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010)
- Dir. Hans Petter Moland
Feat. Stellan Skarsgard, Bjorn Floberg, Gard B. Eidsvold…
- A dry, deadpan delight, about a gentle but explosive ex–con (Skarsgard) whose efforts to go straight after a long stint in prison are thwarted…
Abel (2010)
- Dir. Diego Luna
Feat. Christopher Ruíz-Esparza, Jose Maria Yazpik
- Sweet and satisfyingly unpredictable child fantasy about an imaginative young boy who returns from a psychiatric ward to declare himself the father…
Africa United (2010)
- Dir. Debs Paterson
Feat. Eriya Ndayambaje, Roger Nsengiyumva
- An aspiring Rwandan footballer attracts a throng of like–minded soccer fans on a road trip to Johannesburg for the opening ceremony of the 2010…
Aftershock (2010)
- Dir. Feng Xiaoning
Feat. Xu Fan, Daoming Chen, Chen Li…
- Tear duct busting melodrama of a young mother forced to make a horrifying decision in the wake of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake.
Maintaining…
Age of Reason, The (With Love... from the Age of Reason) (2010)
- Dir. Yann Samuell
Feat. Sophie Marceau, Marton Csokas, Michel Duchaussoy
- A frazzled career woman at breaking point reconnects with her childhood in this soul–searching romantic comedy.
More melodramatic, and less…
Angele and Tony (2010)
- Dir. Alix Delaporte
Feat. Clotilde Hesme, Gregory Gadebois, Evelyne Didi
- This quality, character–driven courtship between a prostitute with a past and a plainspoken fisherman successfully plays down obvious emotion…
Angels of Evil (2010)
- Dir. Michele Placido
Feat. Kim Rossi Stuart, Filippo Timi, Valeria Solarino…
- Taking a leaf from MESRINE's rap sheet, Italy simultaneously glorifies and moralises the story of its own criminal rock star, Renato…
Another World (Un altro Mondo) (2010)
- Dir. Silvio Muccino
Feat. Silvio Muccino, Isabella Ragonese, Michael Rainey Jr…
- Glossy dramedy in which a wealthy slacker who after the death of his father finds himself the legal guardian of a half–brother he never new…
Attenberg (2010)
- Dir. Athina Rachel Tsangari
Feat. Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelia Randou…
- Highly original Greek oddity following the surreal antics of two young women who take life inspiration from the wildlife documentaries of David…