foreign films

Setareh Maleki, Mahsa Rostami, and Soheila Golestani in The Seed of the Sacred Fig © https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig/

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. […]

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Alba Planas in The Red Virgin

The Red Virgin review, the Hildegart Rodríguez story

The Red Virgin (La virgen roja), based on the true story of Spanish prodigy Hildegart Rodríguez, tells a story of genius and madness. It is directed by Paula Ortiz, who made this retelling into an artistic film of creation and

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Josephine Bornebusch and Pål Sverre Hagen in Let Go

Let Go review, Swedish family relationship story

Let Go (Släpp taget) brings a melancholy family relationship story to Netflix. This Swedish drama stars Josephine Bornebusch as Stella. Josephine Bornebusch also wrote and directed the film. It’s a finely wrought tale of a family in crisis.

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Christian Cervone in The Children's Train photo © ANNA CAMERLINGO

The Children’s Train review, post war Italy story

The Children’s Train (Il treno dei bambini) tells how parents in poverty stricken Naples in 1946 joined a movement to send their children north to areas where people who survived the war on farms had more food and shelter to

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Kôki and Palmi Kormákur in Touch

Touch review: slow and sweet Icelandic love story

Touch is a love story that covers continents and decades. It’s a sweet and heartwarming story, but slow moving and long. There are plenty of two hour movies out there that go by fast, but this one dragged. Nevertheless it

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