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Foreign Language Films
New Titles, November 2008
Congorama (2006)
French
When Michel, an uninspired inventor from Belgium who trades on the success of his father, discovers he is adopted, he sets off to find his birth parents in Canada under the guise of selling one of his pointless inventions.
French
When Michel, an uninspired inventor from Belgium who trades on the success of his father, discovers he is adopted, he sets off to find his birth parents in Canada under the guise of selling one of his pointless inventions.
Death Note (2006)
Japanese
Light Yagami is an ace student who finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. The first live action movie based on the anime series of the same name.
Japanese
Light Yagami is an ace student who finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. The first live action movie based on the anime series of the same name.
A Dirty Carnival (2006)
Korean
On the mean streets of Seoul, a young career gangster gets a chance to move up the ladder in his organization. Soon he is caught in a web of murder, passion, and betrayal, when a director friend asks for background information for his latest film.
Korean
On the mean streets of Seoul, a young career gangster gets a chance to move up the ladder in his organization. Soon he is caught in a web of murder, passion, and betrayal, when a director friend asks for background information for his latest film.
The Edge of Heaven (2007)
German
Six characters are drawn together by circumstances - an old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.
German
Six characters are drawn together by circumstances - an old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.
Eighth Color of the Rainbow (2004)
Portuguese
Joaozinho's grandmother Didinha is very sick. He woke up one night as she was praying to be taken away. He realized that she no longer could endure her suffering and made a decision to sell his little goat, his only asset, to buy medicine to save her.
Portuguese
Joaozinho's grandmother Didinha is very sick. He woke up one night as she was praying to be taken away. He realized that she no longer could endure her suffering and made a decision to sell his little goat, his only asset, to buy medicine to save her.
Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
Farsi
All of Tehran is preparing to celebrate the traditional New Year with the festival of fire. A young woman named Rouhi is employed by a young couple to clean their house. Sweet and naive, Rouhi is engaged to be married, but her innocence is shattered when she finds her employers' household in crisis over accusations of infidelity.
Farsi
All of Tehran is preparing to celebrate the traditional New Year with the festival of fire. A young woman named Rouhi is employed by a young couple to clean their house. Sweet and naive, Rouhi is engaged to be married, but her innocence is shattered when she finds her employers' household in crisis over accusations of infidelity.
Mafioso (1962)
Italian
Nino is an auto-factory foreman who takes his wife and two daughters from industrial Milan to antiquated, rural Sicily to visit his family and get back in touch with his roots. But Nino gets more than he bargained for when he discovers some harsh truths about his ancestors and himself.
Italian
Nino is an auto-factory foreman who takes his wife and two daughters from industrial Milan to antiquated, rural Sicily to visit his family and get back in touch with his roots. But Nino gets more than he bargained for when he discovers some harsh truths about his ancestors and himself.
Storm (2005)
Swedish
Donny is a slacker whose life takes a terrifying turn when a fiery haired woman enters his life possessing a box which may hold the answers to human existence. The pair travel through time and fight off dangerous assassins bent on getting the object.
Swedish
Donny is a slacker whose life takes a terrifying turn when a fiery haired woman enters his life possessing a box which may hold the answers to human existence. The pair travel through time and fight off dangerous assassins bent on getting the object.
Strangers (2007)
Hindi
Two Indians traveling on a train in England meet and begin swapping stories. One intends the conversation never to go beyond the train compartment, the other takes their conversation all too seriously.
Hindi
Two Indians traveling on a train in England meet and begin swapping stories. One intends the conversation never to go beyond the train compartment, the other takes their conversation all too seriously.
Water Lilies (2007)
French
Anne, Floriane, and Marie learn about love, friendship, and what they want from one another, during one summer in Paris.
French
Anne, Floriane, and Marie learn about love, friendship, and what they want from one another, during one summer in Paris.
