Posted January 23, 200718 yr BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE LAST YEAR??? (and you can include Black Book and the Apocolypto) BBC FOUR WORLD CINEMA AWARD Thursday 25 January 2007 9pm-10pm (LIVE); rpt 12.40am-1.40am; rpt 2.40am-3.40am; rpt Saturday 27 January 11.10pm-12.10am; rpt 2.40am-3.40am BBC Four celebrates the best in foreign language filmmaking with this annual prize. A panel of judges will choose the winner from a shortlist of six films nominated by the UK's leading critics, film-school heads and festival directors. Jonathan Ross will reveal the winner on Thursday 25 January, in a ceremony at the National Film Theatre in London - shown live on BBC Four. THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED (De Battre Mon Coeur S'est Arrêté) Jacques Audiard, France, 2005 The seemingly irreconcilable worlds of crime and classical music collide in the character of Thomas Seyr (Romain Duris) in this stylish, complex drama. THE CHILD (L'Enfant) Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France, 2006 Petty criminal Bruno (Jérémie Renier) and his girlfriend Sonia (Déborah François) have a baby together, but Bruno's enthusiasm for fatherhood soon wears off and he makes a decision with terrible consequences. THE DEATH OF MR LAZARESCU (Moartea Domnului Lazarescu) Cristi Puiu, Romania, 2005 In Puiu's deeply black comedy about a sick old man who is shunted from hospital to hospital, Mr Lazarescu (Ion Fiscuteanu) maintains a curious heroism in the face of death. HIDDEN (Caché) Michael Haneke, France/Germany/Austria/Italy, 2005 This psychological thriller delves into the personal demons of chat show host Georges Laurent (Daniel Auteuil). He leads a comfortable life until an unsolicited video tape reveals he has a silent stalker. LADY VENGEANCE (Chinjeolhan Geumjassi) Chan-Wook Park, South Korea, 2006 The concluding part of Chan-Wook Park's bloody trilogy (following Oldboy) centres on Lee Yeong-ae's portrayal of a young mother, who after being wrongly imprisoned for 13 years, goes after the man who framed her. VOLVER Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2006 Almodóvar at his finest. Here he directs Penélope Cruz in a funny, tense and ultimately touching tale of three generations of women dealing with dark secrets.
January 23, 200718 yr Caché for me. I absolutely loved it. I liked Volver too but surprisingly, I didn't really like Penelope Cruz in it. Still haven't seen Pan's L yet, but it's on at my cinema in a couple of weeks so I'll check it out.
January 23, 200718 yr My Own Top 5 Foreign Language Films of '06.. 1. Hidden (Cache) 2. Pan's Labyrinth 3. Sympathy For Lady Vengeance 4. The Beat That My Heart Skipped 5. Volver
January 28, 200718 yr Author the winner of bbc4's award: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/PosterLazarescu.jpg
January 30, 200718 yr Oh.. I didn't know that Hidden was Caché so I voted for Volver. Both were great.
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