Tag: foreign films
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Two Worlds, One Wish, magic and romance
Two Worlds, One Wish comes from Türkiye. It’s a story with a bit of fairy tale magic and romance woven in. It’s sweet and heartwarming while being a little different.
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Left-Handed Girl, a family struggles to survive
Left-Handed Girl tells a emotional story about a family headed by a single mom as they struggle to survive. The mom opens a noodle shop in a busy night market in Taipei, Taiwan.
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A Kind of Madness, family drama from South Africa
A Kind of Madness is a family story from South Africa. It includes scenes from the past, the present, and from the broken mind of the family matriarch. Most of the past scenes come from the mother’s mind and what she remembers is fractured and sometimes not real.
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When Fall is Coming, surprising French family drama
When Fall is Coming (Quand vient l’automne) tells a touching story about a French family and a relationship between a grandmother and her grandson. Clever turns and twists makes this unusual story a winner.
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How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies review
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is an emotional and touching story about family members scrambling to be grandma’s number one so as to inherit when she dies.
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl review
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a rich, textured tale of family secrets revealed during a traditional Zambian funeral. Thematically, it shows how patriarchal systems and customs are enforced by both men and women. There are some spoilers ahead.
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig review
The Seed of the Sacred Fig begins with this quote: “Ficus Religiosa is a tree with an unusual life cycle. It seeds, contained in bird droppings, fall on other trees. Aerial roots spring up and grow down to the floor. Then, the branches wrap around the host tree and strangle it. Finally, the sacred fig…
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Yara tells a true crime story from Italy
Yara Gambirasio (Chiara Bono), a 13 year old girl, was walking home one night in 2010 from a sports center very close to her home when she disappeared. The case, based on a real crime, took years to resolve and was built on DNA evidence. This review contains spoilers.
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Those Who Remained, a quiet story of recovery
Those Who Remained tells of the aftermath of war for some Hungarians. It begins in 1948 as Hungary was struggling to cope with the effects of World War II. It ended in 1953 with the death of Stalin.