Foreign Language Film Submissions to the 79th Academy Awards held in 2007 to get an Oscar Nomination in the Best Non-English Movie Category
61 COUNTRIES IN COMPETITION FOR 2006 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OSCAR!
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- DirectorRachid BoucharebStarsSamy NaceriRoschdy ZemSami BouajilaDuring World War II, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from German oppression, and to fight French discrimination.ALGERIA | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorDaniel BurmanStarsDaniel HendlerJulieta DíazArturo GoetzAs he adjusts to being a husband and father, Ariel Perelman meditates on the ways in which he is similar -- and so very different -- from his own dad.ARGENTINA | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorRolf de HeerPeter DjigirrStarsCrusoe KurddalJamie GulpililRichard BirrinbirrinIn Australia's Northern Territory, a man tells us a story of his people and his land. It's about an older man, Minygululu, who has three wives and realizes that his younger brother Dayindi may try to steal away the youngest wife.AUSTRALIA | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorAntonin SvobodaStarsGeorg FriedrichBirgit MinichmayrGerti DrasslA compulsive gambler is forced to take a chance with his own life.AUSTRIA | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorAbu SayeedStarsShabnurIlias KanchanAmirul Haque ChowdhuryA lower-middle class family in Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka is going through hard times. Their father has gone blind and can no longer work, and most of the family's money has been wasted on their unemployed son Hiru, who refuses to work. All the family's problems fall on the shoulder of their beautiful daughter Tithi, who works as a prostitute to help the family. The film is a fairly non-judgmental look at the lives of Tithi, her family and the people she comes in contact with through her job.BANGLADESH | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorFien TrochStarsIna GeertsJohanna ter SteegeJohan LeysenA village outside Brussels in rocked by the hit-and-run killing of a child.BELGIUM | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJuan Carlos ValdiviaStarsDemián BichirKate del CastilloAlberto EtcheverryAfter being denied an American visa, a Bolivian professor becomes involved in a web of criminal activities, holds-up the American consulate and falls for a beautiful prostitute from the Bolivian lowlands.BOLIVIA | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJasmila ZbanicStarsMirjana KaranovicLuna Zimic MijovicLeon LucevA woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Bosnian War.BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorMarcelo GomesStarsJoão MiguelPeter KetnathMadalena AcciolyA road movie about a German man who went to the Northeast of Brazil in 1942 to sell Aspirin.BRAZIL | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorMilena AndonovaStarsBonka Ilieva-BoniDiana DobrevaAngelina SlavovaDona, Lukrecie and Tana - three women of different origins and destinies, whose stories unfold at different times. The tale of the Romany woman Dona begins in the 1960s. The only assets this beautiful and vital woman has are her three children fathered by different men. In order to secure a livelihood for them, she moves in with an older, but disabled man, who turns out to be a pervert. Ten years later, the ambitious Lukrecie is trying to avoid employment in the village. After she becomes pregnant by a prospective suitor, she meets an attractive young man who offers her a life abroad, something she had always dreamed of. Lukrecie resolves her situation in the most appalling way. Tana, the wife of a prosperous businessman, vainly longs to have a child. On the advice of a friend, she goes off to a spa, whose miraculous reputation is attributable to a skillful masseur. Her husband, however, is unmoved by the joyful news. Three stories offering three insights into the tragic outcome of relationships between men and women, which give rise to both longed-for and unwanted children.BULGARIA | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsLisa RayJohn AbrahamSeema BiswasSet in colonial India against Gandhi's rise to power, it's the story of 8-year-old Chuyia, who is widowed and sent to a home to live in penitence; once there, Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents.CANADA | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorMatías BizeStarsBlanca LewinGonzalo ValenzuelaA young man and woman have a sensual, one-night stand in a motel room where they confide in each other about their troubled lives.CHILE | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsChow Yun-FatGong LiJay ChouDuring China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.CHINA | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorRodrigo TrianaStarsDiego CadavidJuan Sebastián AragónManuel José ChavesBased on a true story, a group of 147 overworked and underpaid Colombian soldiers find the treasure they didn't seek; $46 million. The film is a surreal black comedy and follows 4 of the 147 soldiers who were part of the anti-guerrilla "Destroyer" battalion, and tells of their story leading up to and after finding the money. The soldiers decide to divide the money between themselves instead of giving the money to the Colombian government. The soldiers don't have food, water or toilet paper, but instead use their bags full of money as pillows. As the soldiers are recalled and taken back into civilization, they start to use their money for bad things, spending it on brothels, alcohol and prostitutes. The discovery the soldiers made changed their lives. They no longer live in poverty and now are capable of achieving their dreams. Now they hope to return to civilization and make their dreams come true.COLOMBIA | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorVeljko BulajicStarsSven MedvesekSandra CeccarelliZarko PotocnjakThe film is set in mid-16th century, at a time when the entire eastern Mediterranean is dominated by two great empires, the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, with the small but wealthy maritime republic of Ragusa (modern-day Dubrovnik) managing to maintain its independence through diplomatic agreements.CROATIA | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJorge Luis SánchezStarsRakel AdrianaUlyk AnelloRenny ArozarenaBased on the life of Benny Moré, the film concentrates on a period in the early 1950s when Moré leaves the orchestra of Duany and starts his own 'Banda Gigante'. In flashback we learn of his success in Mexico. Moré is caught in the events connected to Batista's coup in Cuba. Also, he tours Venezuela, where he suffers the machinations of a vengeful businessman. After collapsing and being hospitalised, Moré swears off alcohol. Some years later, he encounters his old band-mate Monchy, fallen on hard times.CUBA | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsJan TrískaPavel LiskaAnna GeislerováA man takes up residence with a mysterious marquis and is soon persuaded to enter into an asylum for preventative therapy. Things are not what they seem, and the marquis may be even more sinister than what the young man may've predicted.CZECH REPUBLIC | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorSusanne BierStarsMads MikkelsenSidse Babett KnudsenRolf LassgårdA manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.DENMARK | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorMarwan HamedStarsAdel EmamNour El-SherifYoussraMeditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo.EGYPT | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsJanne HyytiäinenMaria JärvenhelmiMaria HeiskanenIn Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman.FINLAND | Status: submitted, but withdrawn
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorDanièle ThompsonStarsCécile de FranceValérie LemercierAlbert DupontelA young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.FRANCE | Status: shortlisted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsUlrich MüheMartina GedeckSebastian KochIn 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.GERMANY | Status: won
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorGrigoris KarantinakisStarsGeorges CorrafaceAkilas KarazisisMaria NafpliotouThe flirtatious headmaster of a school in a small town prepares his pupils for the Choir Olympics. The arrival of the new army commander in town upsets the headmaster, as they both fall in love with the same woman.GREECE | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorXiaogang FengStarsZiyi ZhangYou GeDaniel WuA loose adaptation of Hamlet, "The Night Banquet" is set in an empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Minister and the General all have their own enemies they would like to finish off at a night banquet.HONG KONG | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorSzabolcs HajduStarsZoltán Miklós HajduKyle ShewfeltGheorghe DinicaHaving suffered as a boy under a brutal Communist-era coach, champion Hungarian gymnast Miklos moves to Canada years later in search of a new start - only to find himself unwittingly perpetuating the very same cycle of abuse among his own pupils.HUNGARY | Status: submitted
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