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December 2007
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Forei gn Films
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New to View
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Vol. 1, No. 9 |
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The Foreign Films New to View newsletter is a monthly publication designed to keep you up to date on some of HCPL's latest foreign films on DVD. The selections in this newsletter are just a sample of the rich variety of films available to you through your library. Use the sign-up box to have this newsletter sent directly to your e-mail every month, with new, recommended movies for you to view. See Foreign Films Archive.
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El Aura, directed by Fabian Bielinsky
(in Spanish, with English subtitles)
Another existential thriller from the director of Nine Queens, this film follows a hapless taxidermist who inadvertantly kills the owner of the hotel where he is staying during a hunting trip. It is possible that the hotel owner is actually more unseemly than he appears, and when two thugs show up looking for the murdered man, matters get far more complicated...and dangerous.
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Life in a Metro, directed by Anurag Basu
(in Hindi, with English subtitles)
Bollywood at its most complicated, this film explores the lives and loves of several characters, each in his or her own story but all united by the metropolis of Mumbai. The hub of the metro is Rahul's apartment, which Rahul's employers and colleagues use for their liaisons, until he realizes the woman he loves is also using his place for an affair. Complicated but satisfying in its complexity.
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Paris, Je T'Aime, directed by various film directors
(in French, with English subtitles)
Renowned film directors from around the world, including Ethan and Joel Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, and Gerard Depardieu, pay tribute to Paris through a series of vignettes, each of which reveals everyday lives in the midst of one of the most romantic cities in the world.
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Taste of Tea, directed by Katsuhito Ishii
(in Japanese, with English subtitles)
Eight-year-old Sachiko has an unusual but happy family life. Besides her enormous double, who stares at her for prolonged and uncomfortable periods of time, she has her hypnotist father, her now-retired animator mother, a teen-aged brother with raging hormones, an eccentric grandfather, two uncles...well, you get the picture. Despite the oddities of her family, they are nevertheless full of love and devotion.
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Ten Canoes, directed by Rolf de Heer
(in Aboriginal/Ganalbingu, with English subtitles)
In the distant past, Dayindi covets his older brother's wife. To teach him the proper way, his brother, Minygululu, tells him a tale of forbidden love from the mythical past, a story of wrong love, kidnapping, sorcery, and revenge gone wrong. Ultimately, everything begins and ends at the watering hole, and Dayindi must come to understand the lesson that all occurs in good time.
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La Vie en Rose, directed by Olivier Dahan
(in French, with English subtitles)
Edith Piaf's life was as varied as it was tragic, with drugs and alcohol and lost love swirling about. Piaf's life was also one of struggle - to survive, to find love and happiness, to live fully, with no regrets. Her voice captured her passions and proved to be her salvation from poverty, but did it bring her the happiness she found so elusive? HCPL has several of her recordings, should viewers wish to hear more of her entrancing voice.
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