Das kino foreign language movies thread
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Subtitle enthusiasts assemble.
Might a well kick it off myself with Kontroll, a 2003 Hungarian comedy drama set in a fictionalised version of the Budapest metro, focusing in Bulcsu, an eccentric ticket inspector & his amiable colleagues with a love story & possible killer thrown in. Well worth a go, not the deepest film you'll ever see but we can get into existentialism later if this goes anywhere.
Might a well kick it off myself with Kontroll, a 2003 Hungarian comedy drama set in a fictionalised version of the Budapest metro, focusing in Bulcsu, an eccentric ticket inspector & his amiable colleagues with a love story & possible killer thrown in. Well worth a go, not the deepest film you'll ever see but we can get into existentialism later if this goes anywhere.
I watched "De Slag om de Schelde" a while back which is a joint British Dutch war film with multiple story lines that gradually come together focused on the fight for the Walcheren islands near Antwerp. Combination of English, Dutch and German https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10521092/
Annoyingly I discovered a local cinema in The Hague shows foreign language films with English subtitles the day after they showed this film so I had to wait a while.
The original Luc Besson/Anne Parillaud "Nikita" is brilliant. The Brigitte Fonda remake "The Assassin" is ok but the original is way better https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100263/
T-34 is good, a bunch of soviet POW's get given a T34 to be used as a training target https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8820590/
Annoyingly I discovered a local cinema in The Hague shows foreign language films with English subtitles the day after they showed this film so I had to wait a while.
The original Luc Besson/Anne Parillaud "Nikita" is brilliant. The Brigitte Fonda remake "The Assassin" is ok but the original is way better https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100263/
T-34 is good, a bunch of soviet POW's get given a T34 to be used as a training target https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8820590/
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/
The Spanish film, Timecrimes is excellent.
Yeah, Mesrine was in two parts.
The Spanish film, Timecrimes is excellent.
Yeah, Mesrine was in two parts.
President Merkin said:
Subtitle enthusiasts assemble.
Might a well kick it off myself with Kontroll, a 2003 Hungarian comedy drama set in a fictionalised version of the Budapest metro, focusing in Bulcsu, an eccentric ticket inspector & his amiable colleagues with a love story & possible killer thrown in. Well worth a go, not the deepest film you'll ever see but we can get into existentialism later if this goes anywhere.
Kontroll is a fun watch! As you say, not the deepest but a good bunch of characters you can warm to and an unlikely setting.Might a well kick it off myself with Kontroll, a 2003 Hungarian comedy drama set in a fictionalised version of the Budapest metro, focusing in Bulcsu, an eccentric ticket inspector & his amiable colleagues with a love story & possible killer thrown in. Well worth a go, not the deepest film you'll ever see but we can get into existentialism later if this goes anywhere.
Saw the Belgian black and white flick, Man Bites Dog at the cinema more than 30 years ago, but it seems to have been wiped from history.
Controversial at the time (came out the same time as Reservoir Dogs) and was about a fillm crew following a serial killer around as he killed people. I thought it was pretty funny, as it was actually a dark comedy.
Controversial at the time (came out the same time as Reservoir Dogs) and was about a fillm crew following a serial killer around as he killed people. I thought it was pretty funny, as it was actually a dark comedy.
One I remember seeing as a kid when BB2 used to show foreign films late on a Sunday night:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068361
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068361
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
vixen1700 said:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/
The Spanish film, Timecrimes is excellent.
Yeah, Mesrine was in two parts.
Shouldn't let Timecrimes pass without note, it is indeed excellent.The Spanish film, Timecrimes is excellent.
Yeah, Mesrine was in two parts.
gt40steve said:
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A pleasant French comedy, from 2008 if I remember correctly.
Comedy, love story, we found it funny and well worth the sub titles.
I think that is a very under the radar film that more people should see. Warm hearted & a decent recurring gag around a guy from the riviera forced to work in Normandy, who can't understand a word anyone is saying to him.A pleasant French comedy, from 2008 if I remember correctly.
Comedy, love story, we found it funny and well worth the sub titles.
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