foreign language movies

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Restore Point - (2023 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9362492/
https://www.csfd.cz/film/1242515-bod-obnovy/prehled/

Corporate and terrorist factions fight over the technology to resurrect people shortly after death.

Even-toned from acting, to pace, to the subtleties of world-building; excellent.

  • Trailer
  • Original title: (Czech) Bod obnovy



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Amélie - (2001 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/
https://www.miramax.com/movie/amelie/

A quirky young woman crushes on a weird artsy guy.

This is quirkier than it's characters, and is worthy of earning seventeen times its budget.

  • Original title: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain



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The Equalizer 3 - (2023 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17024450/

A man with particular skills find himself among honest townsfolk gripped by criminals.

Simple and reasonably entertaining. Recommended especially for the people who like gritty low-tech spy-superhero movies.

  • Trailer
  • Set in Italy, so there is some spoken Italian.



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There are more than seven boys.
There are more than seven boys.

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3620418/

College students LARPing as revolutionaries set a hacker up, but he causes a shitstorm in an agent training prison.

This is pretty good. It's essentially a Dutch revisitation of the concepts in the French movie La Femme Nikita - (1990 movie). It's straightforward and so it seems fairly low budget.

See also:



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La Femme Nikita - (1990 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100263/

A woman is swept into the life of an assassin.

A classic, and really awesome, movie.

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Smultronstället - (1957 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050986/
https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=4549

A retired man reminisces, I guess.

It's a fantastic nothing of a movie. Recommended for people who want moving pictures with audio and optional thinking.

  • Clip
  • aka Wild Strawberries



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L'Immortel - (2010 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1167638/

The past returns to haunt a retired crime boss.

Quite watchable. I think it's trivially surpassed by a lot of movies, but this has a reasonable simplicity without creating too much of a superhuman protagonist.



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Il Mare - (2000 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282599/

Two people connect because of a portal through time in the shape of a mailbox.

Awkward in various ways, but I can see the charm. Not recommended because The Lake House - (2006 movie) is vastly superior.



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Ichi - (2008 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060256/
https://warnerbros.co.jp/home_entertainment/detail.php?title_id=2569/ (.jap)

A blind woman travels to find a blind man, and becomes embroiled in an inn-town's troubles.

Straightforward and wholesome; highly recommended.



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