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French director Louis Malle's masterpiece, Murmur of the Heart is a fresh, intelligent, affectionately comic coming-of-age tale, set in the French bourgeoisie. Focusing on the relationship between a precocious 14 year-old boy and his sensuous and loving Italian-born mother, the film was ahead of its time in its honesty and straightforward approach to children's sexuality.
Russia has choen “Leviathan” as its foreign-language entry for the Oscars, an artistically smart but politically surprising turn. Director Pavel Chukhrai, who sits on the Russian Oscar committee, told the TASS News Agency that the decision was made after the film scored a majority vote. A dark satire on life under Vladimir Putin, the film was directed […]
Bangladesh’s Oscar selection committee has chosen director Khalid Mohammed Mithu’s “Glow of the Firefly” (‘Jonakir Alo’) as the country’s contender in the Academy Awards foreign language category.
David Trueba’s serio comedy “Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed,” a U.S. release by Paul Hudson’s Outsider Pictures, is Spain’s foreign-language Oscar candidate. Based on true events, “Living” turns on Antonio, a mild-mannered English-teacher who uses Beatles’ lyrics in his classes. In Franco’s 1966 Spain, Antonio drives to Almeria in the hope of meeting his […]
