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Any recommendations? Was looking at my DVD collection and it was lacking non-English speaking work. I'm quite partial to a foreign language film, bought Black Book today - which I've heard good things about.

Cheers  :)

Think City of God is the only subtitled film I've seen all the way through, but you've probably seen that.

I liked it a lot.

Cheers,

Barry Norman

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I can recommend Ônibus 174, a Brazilian film Mex got me onto a couple of years back, great film very much in the City of God mode. Of course, there's Pans Labyrinth, Der Untergang, Spirited Away... but i'm sure you are well aware of them

The Seven Damurai - Japanese - Black and white - 3 hours long  - excellent. The Japanese versions of Ring 1 and 2 were also far superior to the US versions.

Tell No One [Ne le dis à personne]

Based on the crime thriller novel by Harlan Coben. Book is set in America but this is a French film. There are a couple of differences in the plot as well, but I quite liked all of these differences because it almost felt like a different story.

Amores Perres is fantastic.(Mexican)

So is Black Book.(Dutch)

Also, and I have it on video but not seen it on DVD, The Tin Drum (German)

Another from my collection which is great in a "sugary" way is

Life is Beutiful (Italian)

where do i begin......

Heres some goodies

Los debutantes (chile) is a bit like a lo budget pulp fiction vibe, very good

The Orphanage ( spain) ace spooky horror

Abre los Ojos (spain) This is the original of Vanilla Sky.

The Bands Visit (Israel) Really good film about an egyptian police band that end up in Israel

Bus 174 (Brazil) Documentary about a kidnapping on a bus in Brazil, quite harrowing.

El Crimen del Padre Amaro (mexico) Dark relgious sex film, very good

That will get you started i can tell you shitloads more.

Bukkake Party V (Japan) Personal favourite. Some beautiful cinematography.

The Devils Backbone-another del toro classic ghost story and Downfall.Both brilliant

It's also a million times better.

Cheers everyone... Black Book was ace.

The longer the list the better so keep em coming.

Neco z Alenky

Take loads of ketamine first.

Oh yeah. Someone will suggest Oldboy, and rightly so. It's ace.

Downfall is ace - the guy who played Hitler - what a performance.

My favourites are both German.  'Das Boot' has been shown quite recently.  And 'Heimat' is legendary (and controversial).  I remember watching Heimat as a kid and being hooked.  I still can't quite put my finger on why.  (There are three Heimat films, with a total running time of over 50 hours.)

two quite different michael haneke films:

cache (hidden)
funny games

amores perros and y tu mama combien are both good.

Especialy with abit of salad AXS!

Solaris - Russian original

  Anything by Werner Herzog is good....particularly Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre, Wrath of God.

  Anyone interested, there's an active film society in Swindon....in Jan they're showing The Marriage of Maria Braun by  Rainer Werner  Fassbinder.

 http://www.swindonfilm.co.uk/

Y tu mama tambien actually. fucking racist.

Cant believe no one has mentioned the italian classic cinema paradiso. Possibly the most beautiful cinematography of all time.

meh, it's all greek to me.

the motorcycle diaries
amelie

the bothersome man - black norweigan comedy, quite eery, worth a watch

edukators isnt very good

Waltz With Bashir is really excellent. A cartoon documentary about a massace in the Lebanon might not sound much fun but it is great. Although not as a date movie.

Watched the Bicycle Thieves earlier which was good.

Keep 'em a-coming folks.

Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

What he said, gorgeous film.  The shorter version that was released in cinemas originally is better than the full one though, I think.

I guess someone has already mentioned Delicatessen and La Cité des enfants perdus, if not. I have.

Good call Mr Orange.

Lots of good films so far.  Some more for the list....

The Lives of Others
Tsotsi
Brotherhood of The Wolf
Europa Europa
Goodbye Lenin
Read My Lips

I've also recently watched Persepolis and Apocalypto, both of which deserve an honourable mention.

The lives of others is V good

I was trying to think for ages what it was called - thanks for reminding me!

 Persepolis is on at the Arts Centre on Wednesday...

 

Has anybody seen "Heavy Metal in Baghdad"?-not sure if its a foreign language film but I'd be interested to know what iit's like.Never got a screening round these parts

Terkel in Trouble is pretty funny for something which is Danish. Get the English dubbed version which has Adrian Edmondson and Bill Bailey doing voices (amongst others).

Watched Jean Reno and Christian Clavier in Les Visiteurs which was enjoyable.

Put all the suggestions that work had in stock to the side and have ordered some others too.

fucking amal (that's an M btw)
tillsammans - probably the most gleeful film evarrr

I just watched The Kite Runner, set in Afghanistan. Good film. Subtitled throughout.

Seen that, was indeed good.

Love Brotherhood of the wolf and apocalypto. Not read the entire thread, but if not mentioned before Old Boy, Infernal affairs, and  A very long Engagement are favs of mine,there's something about subtitled films (probably because you have to watch everything) that make them particularly satisfying in my eyes

To be honest, only watch this if you're really interested in seeing it. It's an interesting bit of cinema, but once you've seen it you can't undo it. It's sick and horrible in it's exploration of how far people will go for their own personal pleasure, and not in the gratuitous way you see in modern films like Hostel. It's fucked up. I'm not exaggerating or being melodramatic or anything. It really is fucked up.

But yeah if you're interested then watch it. It's not just fucked up for the sake of it, like you get with something like Cannibal Holocaust. It being fucked up is a valid part of the film. But it's still really fucked up.

You had me at

I watched problem child 2 the other day