Genre: Foreign Movies
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China Heavyweight (2012)
Directed by: Yung Chang
Scouted from villages throughout rural southwestern China, teens with a knack for boxing move to training centers that teach more than just the sport. While resisting pro boxing's…
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5 Broken Cameras (2012)
Cast: Emad Burnat
Directed by: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
In this moving documentary, a Palestinian farmer chronicles his village's nonviolent resistance to the presence of encroaching Israeli settlers and military. As camera after camera gets…
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Our Homeland (2012)
Cast: Sakura Ando, Arata, Yang Ik-joon …
Directed by: Yonghi Yang
After living for 25 years in North Korea, Sonho returns to Japan for three months of medical care. While there, he meets the sister he's never known. And despite his Communist escort, he…
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Metéora (2012)
Cast: Theo Alexander, Tamila Koulieva-Karantinaki, Giorgos Karakantas …
Directed by: Spiros Stathoulopoulos
A young Greek monk and nun have chosen to dedicate their lives to the strict rules of their community -- but they discover strong feelings for each other and now must choose between their…
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The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears (2012)
Cast: Victoria Abril, Labina Mitevska, Jean Marie Galey …
Directed by: Teona Strugar Mitevska
After her son's tragic death, Helena abducts her employee, Lucian, and travels with him and her husband to scatter her son's ashes in Macedonia. Meanwhile, Lucian's lover…
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Granny's Funeral (2012)
Cast: Denis Podalydès, Valérie Lemercier, Isabelle Candelier …
Directed by: Bruno Podalydès
In this offbeat comedy, Armand operates a pharmacy in Paris with his wife, Helene, but is carrying on an affair with the more sympathetic Alix. When Armand's grandmother dies, the…
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Rat King (2012)
Cast: Max Ovaska, Julius Lavonen, Outi Maenpaa …
Directed by: Petri Kotwica
Teenager Juri constantly tells his frustrated family and friends that he's not addicted to online games, but even he realizes the truth when he and a friend become enmeshed in a…
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Kalakalappu (2012)
Directed by: Sundar C.
Cheenu dreams of resurrecting the restaurant he has inherited to its former glory, but when he leaves town to stop the marriage between his lover and her uncle, his brother, a compulsive…
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Mark Lombardi: Death Defying Acts of Art and Conspiracy (2012)
Cast: Mark Lombardi
Directed by: Mareike Wegener
This documentary profiles Mark Lombardi, who turned exposure of the global power elite into art so powerful it drew the attention of the FBI. Filmmaker Mareike Wegener explores…
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Wadjda (2012)
Cast: Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Algohani …
Directed by: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Persistent 10-year-old Wadjda would like nothing more than a new bicycle so she can beat her friend (a boy) in a race. But it's going to take some ingenuity to get one -- especially in…
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Penance (2012)
Cast: Kyoko Koizumi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yû Aoi …
Directed by: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
More than a decade after a young girl's murder, her mother remains obsessed with the case and the classmates who witnessed the killer. When the mom decides to track down the now-grown…
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Girlfriend Boyfriend (2012)
Cast: Lunmei Kwai, Hsiao-chuan Chang, Rhydian Vaughan …
Directed by: Yang Ya-che
In the 1980s, friends Aaron, Mabel and Liam form a romantic triangle against the backdrop of Taiwan's brutal political regime. This drama follows the trio across 30 years, through love,…
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Beyond the Hill (2012)
Cast: Tamer Levent, Reha Özcan, Mehmet Özgür …
Directed by: Emin Alper
While playing host to his son and grandchildren, a Turkish farmer relays his troubles with a roving band of nomads who stalk the surrounding land. But as the evening unfolds, other tensions…
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Enzo Avitabile Music Life (2012)
Cast: Enzo Avitabile, Amal Murkus, Trilok Gurtu …
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme helms this musical documentary that shines a light on the eclectic sounds of songwriter-musician Enzo Avitabile. The film blends performance footage with interviews that reveal…
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Grandmaster (2012)
Cast: Mithra Kurian, Anoop Menon, Mohanlal …
Directed by: B. Unnikrishnan
A dejected and withdrawn police chief is jolted into duty when a serial killer's grisly game turns personal. Anticipating the killer's next move, the chief realizes that the pattern…
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Miss Lovely (2012)
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh, Anil George …
Directed by: Ashim Ahluwalia
Brothers Vicky and Sonu make their living turning out trashy, illicit films in the lower tiers of the Bombay movie industry in the 1980s. Their tacky existence is thrown into chaos when Sonu…
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The Raptures (2012)
Cast: Thylda Barès, Michael Louchard, Niels Schneider …
Directed by: Arthur Cahn
When a young man named Etienne dies just as the summer holidays are beginning, his loved ones are unable to share the pleasures of the season. In particular, Etienne's father, Patrick,…
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Thy Womb (2012)
Cast: Nora Aunor, Bembol Roco, Lovi Po …
Directed by: Brillante Mendoza
Though middle-aged Shaleha Sarail serves her island community as an experienced midwife, she's unable to bear children -- and in an effort to fulfill her mate's dream of having a…
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Blondie (2012)
Cast: Carolina Gynning, Helena af Sandeberg, Alexandra Dahlström …
Directed by: Jesper Ganslandt
Three troubled sisters reluctantly return home for their domineering mother's 70th birthday celebration. But they discover that their problems have followed them when the festivities are…
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Ernest & Celestine (2012)
Cast: Lambert Wilson, Pauline Brunner
Directed by: Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar …
Adapted from a popular children's book series, this sweet animated drama portrays the friendship between an orphan mouse and a free-spirited bear. After persuading Ernest the bear not to…
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All About My Wife (2012)
Cast: Su-jeong Lim, Seon-gyun Lee, Seung-yong Ryoo …
Directed by: Kyu-dong Min
Unassertive structural engineer Du-hyeon desperately wants to divorce his beautiful but perpetually nagging wife -- but he's afraid of her anger. So he asks his womanizing neighbor to…
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Le Cose Belle (2012)
Directed by: Giovanni Piperno, Agostino Ferrente
In this gripping documentary, four Neapolitan kids interviewed in 1999 are quizzed again 10 years later by the filmmakers. In the intervening decade, political and economic turmoil have…
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Me Too (2012)
Cast: Aleksandr Mosin, Yurii Matveev, Oleg Garkusha …
Directed by: Aleksey Balabanov
Gangster Sanja and his pals -- Oleg, Jura, Jura's father and a wandering prostitute -- embark on a rugged journey to a mythical "bell tower of happiness," which has the ability to…
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Villegas (2012)
Cast: Esteban Bigliardi, Esteban Lamothe, Mauricio Minetti …
Directed by: Gonzalo Tobal
This drama follows two cousins as they drive from Buenos Aires to their rural hometown to attend their grandfather's funeral. As Pipa, a rebellious musician, starts to grate on family…
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The Attack (2012)
Cast: Ali Suliman, Evgenia Dodina, Raymonde Amsalem …
Directed by: Ziad Doueiri
An Arab Israeli physician offers assistance at the scene of a gruesome suicide bombing in Tel Aviv and then learns that the bomber was his own wife. Stunned and furious, he sets out to…