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Foreign Films

 

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Cartesius (1974)
Italian
Depicts seventeenth-century thinker René Descartes' agonized struggle to assert the primacy of reason.
 
La Collectionneuse (1976)
French
A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a "collector" of men.
 
The Counterfeiters (2008)
German (Die Fälscher)
Germany, 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a life of cards, booze, and women. Suddenly his luck runs dry when he is arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog and is immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp.
 
Hunger (1966)
Danish (Svält)
In this terrifying and obsessive tale, Pontus, literally a starving artist, is possibly a genius and probably a madman, who will waste away before jeopardizing his talent, integrity, or even his soul.
 
Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979)
Chinese (Hao xia)
Unable to defend himself and his family from a ruthless enemy, Kao hires two master swordsmen who want the money offered for wine and women. The swordsmen soon discover that Kao has an evil plan of his own and their friendship and trust are put to the test through multiple challenges.
 
The Last Laugh (1924)
German (Der letzte Mann)
The story of a hotel doorman who is demoted to washroom attendant because of his age. Humiliated, he considers suicide. But by a strange twist of fate, he becomes a millionaire.
 
Voice (2005)
Korean (Moksori)
After a teenage singer is killed one night while rehearsing at her school, her tormented spirit haunts the building.
 
The Wedding Director (2006)
Italian (Regista di Matrimoni)
When a filmmaker is asked by a prince to film the wedding of his daughter, he impulsively falls in love with the bride-to-be and will stop at nothing to sabotage the wedding.
 
Weekend (1967)
French
A middle class couple on a weekend trip get caught up in an armed liberation struggle in this sarcastic portrait of 1967 France.
 
The Yacoubian Building (2006)
Arabic
A series of interwoven stories about the residents of an aging Egyptian apartment building. Based on the international bestseller by by Al Aswany.