Foreign Language Film Submissions to the 64th Academy Awards held in 1992 to get an Oscar Nomination in the Best Non-English Movie Category
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1. Cheb (1991)
79 min | Drama
Drama about a young Algerian man who studied in Paris, France. After school he returns to his native country - Algeria. But nobody wants to know him, meet him, nobody understands him nor his mother.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Mourad Bounaas, Nozha Khouadra, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Boualem Benani
Votes: 109
ALGERIA | Status: submitted
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2. The Tombs (1991)
90 min | Drama
"El Pollo," a 13-year-old child in reform school, witnesses and experiences the brutalization of the guards and the other inmates.
Director: Javier Torre | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Federico Luppi, Jorge Mayor, Isabel Quinteros
Votes: 81
ARGENTINA | Status: submitted
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3. Dzayn barbaro... (1991)
132 min | Drama
Armenia in the Middle Ages ... the desert ... the bell-tower of a half-destroyed church ... Martiros languishes in the desert. His heart strikes out beyond the narrow monastic circle.
Director: Vigen Chaldranyan | Stars: Vigen Chaldranyan, Marine Ghukasyan, Michael Poghosian, Karen Dzhanibekyan
Votes: 43
ARMENIA | Status: submitted, but not accepted
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4. I Love Vienna (1991)
104 min | Comedy
Director: Houchang Allahyari | Stars: Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Dolores Schmidinger, Hanno Pöschl, Kouros Allahyari
Votes: 134
AUSTRIA | Status: submitted
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5. Toto the Hero (1991)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Thomas believed he was switched at birth with Alfred. Feeling cheated, Thomas spent his life plotting revenge against Alfred, his perceived lifelong adversary who he felt stole the privileged life that should have been his.
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier, Jo De Backer, Thomas Godet
Votes: 6,345 | Gross: $1.23M
BELGIUM | Status: submitted
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6. A Grande Arte (1991)
R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
An American photographer in Rio de Janeiro becomes involved in the world of "knife culture" when he sets out to find the killer of one of his models.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Peter Coyote, Tchéky Karyo, Amanda Pays, Raul Cortez
Votes: 772 | Gross: $0.36M
BRAZIL | Status: submitted
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7. Kladenetzat (1991)
130 min | Drama
This is a picture of some horrible events in Bulgaria after the WW2, when as if in the name of the future dictatorship, rules came.
Director: Docho Bodzhakov | Stars: Lyuben Chatalov, Vania Tzvetkova, Petar Popyordanov, Boyan Kovachev
Votes: 12
BULGARIA | Status: submitted
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8. A Bullet in the Head (1990)
89 min | Drama
A civilian and a soldier become unlikely allies in this allegorical examination of friendship and the evils of war. Filmed in Quebec, Canada.
Director: Attila Bertalan | Stars: Kathy Horner, Andrew Campbell, Jan Stychalsky, Victoria Sands
Votes: 152
CANADA | Status: submitted
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9. La Frontera (1991)
120 min | Drama
A high school teacher runs afoul of the government and is sentenced to internal exile.
Director: Ricardo Larraín | Stars: Patricio Contreras, Gloria Laso, Alonso Venegas, Sergio Schmied
Votes: 509
CHILE | Status: submitted
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10. Guo nian (1991)
90 min | Drama
A story of a family's dilemma between different family member especially between 2 generations which erupted on "chu xi" (the day before the first day in Chinese lunar year).
Director: Jianzhong Huang | Stars: Baotian Li, Lirong Zhao, Jiali Ding, You Ge
Votes: 310
CHINA | Status: submitted
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11. Confessing to Laura (1990)
90 min | Drama
The action is situated in Colombia on April 9, 1948, date in which took place the famous "Bogotazo". It is a story of love frustrated by political circumstances. Laura, a spinster ... See full summary »
Director: Jaime Osorio Gómez | Stars: Vicky Hernández, Gustavo Londoño, María Cristina Gálvez, Walter Rojas
Votes: 266
COLOMBIA | Status: submitted
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12. Fragments: Chronicle of a Vanishing (1991)
97 min | Drama
A young man is determined to find out what happened to his grandfather who was arrested and then disappeared in WW2, why did the new communist government label their family as traitors and why was his father killed many years later.
Director: Zrinko Ogresta | Stars: Zdenka Anusic, Etta Bortolazzi, Vanja Drach, Ivo Gregurevic
Votes: 203
CROATIA | Status: submitted, but not accepted
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13. Hello Hemingway (1990)
90 min | Drama
A young girl's academic asperation conflict with her family's struggle against poverty. Both these aspects are made all the more potent by the clear view they have of Ernest Hemingway's mansion in their home town just outside Havana.
Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Laura De la Uz, Raúl Paz, Herminia Sánchez, Caridad Hernandez
Votes: 99
CUBA | Status: submitted
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14. The Elementary School (1991)
100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Jan Tríska, Zdenek Sverák, Libuse Safránková, Rudolf Hrusínský
Votes: 3,235
CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Status: nominated
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15. Den store badedag (1991)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Copenhagen 1930. Through the eyes of a boy, his family and the outside world is depicted. A well knit, working class family. The boy has great expectations on his father. This leads to the involuntary unmasking of the father.
Director: Stellan Olsson | Stars: Erik Clausen, Nina Gunke, Benjamin Rothenborg Vibe, Jesper Klein
Votes: 711
DENMARK | Status: submitted
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16. Van Gogh (1991)
R | 158 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh's life are examined.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq, Gérard Séty
Votes: 3,310 | Gross: $0.14M
FRANCE | Status: submitted
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17. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
PG | 125 min | Drama, Romance
China in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Jingwu Ma, Saifei He, Cuifen Cao
Votes: 35,365 | Gross: $2.60M
HONG KONG | Status: nominated
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18. Félálom (1991)
86 min | Drama
Budapest, 1989. A group of teenagers is wandering around in the city. They are bored, want to go away, their parents do not care about them. They make their living from breaking cars and ... See full summary »
Director: János Rózsa | Stars: Csaba Újvári, Bernadett Visy, Zsolt Gazdag, Szabolcs Hajdu
Votes: 69
HUNGARY | Status: submitted
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19. Children of Nature (1991)
82 min | Drama, Romance
Old Thorgeir must leave his home far off in the Icelandic 'countryside' and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavik. There he meets an old friend from his childhood, Stella. ... See full summary »
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Gísli Halldórsson, Sigríður Hagalín, Baldvin Halldórsson, Björn Karlsson
Votes: 1,599
ICELAND | Status: nominated
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20. Henna (1991)
184 min | Drama, Romance, Musical
Orphan Chander Prakash is employed as a menial laborer in a timber mart; he meets with wealthy Chandni only to fall in love with her and the marriage is arranged with the blessings of ... See full summary »
Director: Randhir Kapoor | Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Zeba Bakhtiar, Ashwini Bhave, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 769
INDIA | Status: submitted
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21. Over the Ocean (1991)
91 min | Drama
Director: Jacob Goldwasser | Stars: Uri Alter, Aryeh Moskona, Dafna Rechter, Moti Giladi
Votes: 63
ISRAEL | Status: submitted
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22. Mediterraneo (1991)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna, Claudio Bisio
Votes: 16,427 | Gross: $4.53M
ITALY | Status: won
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23. Rhapsody in August (1991)
PG | 98 min | Drama, War
Three generations' responses to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Sachiko Murase, Richard Gere, Hisashi Igawa, Narumi Kayashima
Votes: 7,554 | Gross: $0.52M
JAPAN | Status: submitted
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24. Tattoo (1991)
132 min | Drama
After a quarrel with his wife, a man leaves their apartment with one suitcase only. Having slept in a train station, the police legitimates him and found him suspicious. Soon he'll find ... See full summary »
Director: Stole Popov | Stars: Meto Jovanovski, Ljiljana Medjesi, Stojan 'Stole' Arandjelovic, Svetozar Cvetkovic
Votes: 893
MACEDONIA | Status: submitted, but not accepted
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25. Homework (1991)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle agend woman asks an old boyfriend to her home. He thinks its only for casual sex, she is planning something else and she is taping in on video.
Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Stars: María Rojo, José Alonso
Votes: 828
MEXICO | Status: submitted
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26. Eline Vere (1991)
132 min | Drama, Romance
Eline Vere is a neurotic young woman with a turbulent family.
Director: Harry Kümel | Stars: Marianne Basler, Monique van de Ven, Johan Leysen, Thom Hoffman
Votes: 357
NETHERLANDS | Status: submitted
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27. Frida: Straight from the Heart (1991)
113 min | Comedy, Romance
Frida, aged 13, has discovered a book by psychoanalyst Erich Fromm called "The art of loving". Using it as a reference she sets out to better the love lives of her family and friends. But love works in mysterious ways...
Director: Berit Nesheim | Stars: Maria Kvalheim, Ellen Horn, Helge Jordal, Andreas Bratlie
Votes: 460
NORWAY | Status: submitted
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28. Alias 'La Gringa' (1991)
92 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The escapades of the real life criminal "La Gringa"
Director: Alberto Durant | Stars: Germán González, Elsa Olivero, Orlando Sacha, Juan Manuel Ochoa
Votes: 129
PERU | Status: submitted
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29. The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
R | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
Two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik
Votes: 52,985 | Gross: $2.00M
POLEN | Status: submitted
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30. Blood (1989)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
Vicente, seventeen, lives with brother Nino, ten-years-old, and his ailing father in a derelict house on the outskirts of the capital. They don't seem to remember their mother, and are very... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Pedro Hestnes, Nuno Ferreira, Inês de Medeiros, Luís Miguel Cintra
Votes: 1,157
PORTUGAL | Status: submitted
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31. Operacija Cartier (1991)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An immigrant worker from Bosnia falls in love with the actress Nastassia Kinski. To be able to approach her, he has to become famous himself. That's why he sets off on a journey to fame in a black comedy with a twist in its tale.
Director: Miran Zupanic | Stars: Borut Veselko, Faruk Begolli, Haris Burina, Judita Zidar
Votes: 73
SLOVENIA | Status: submitted, but not accepted
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32. Izydi! (1991)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
In Russia at the turn of the century, a wealthy Jewish merchant enjoys the best of relations with his Russian neighbours, while his respected home forms the obvious social centre of the ... See full summary »
Director: Dmitriy Astrakhan | Stars: Otar Megvinetukhutsesi, Elena Anisimova, Tamari Skhirtladze, Tatyana Kuznetsova
Votes: 47
SOVIET UNION | Status: submitted
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33. High Heels (1991)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A singer returns after 15 years abroad to perform in Madrid and finds her 27 y.o. daughter married to one of her mom's ex-lovers.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé, Anna Lizaran
Votes: 17,453 | Gross: $1.71M
SPAIN | Status: submitted
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34. The Ox (1991)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Swedish pauper's family is starving. In desperation, he steals his lord's ox. He hopes that the crime will not be revealed, but it happens.
Director: Sven Nykvist | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Ewa Fröling, Erland Josephson, Max von Sydow
Votes: 1,017
SWEDEN | Status: nominated
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35. Der Berg (1990)
103 min | Drama
Since 1886, there has been a weather-station master at the summit of the mountain. He telegraphs his daily measurements into the valley from where they are transmitted to Rome, Paris, Berlin and Vienna.
Director: Markus Imhoof | Stars: Susanne Lothar, Mathias Gnädinger, Peter Simonischek, Agnes Fink
Votes: 69
SWITZERLAND | Status: submitted
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36. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Not Rated | 237 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Based on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Kuo-Chu Chang, Elaine Jin
Votes: 12,792
TAIWAN | Status: submitted
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37. Lost in Siberia (1991)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Romance
A political drama about Stalin's prison-camp system in Russia.
Director: Aleksandr Mitta | Stars: Anthony Andrews, Vladimir Ilin, Elena Mayorova, Irina Mikhalyova
Votes: 358
UNITED KINGDOM | Status: submitted
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38. Jericho (1991)
90 min | Adventure, Drama
At early 16th century a priest joins the Spanish colonizers in order to bring Christianity to the indios. The expedition is murdered by the indios, only the priest is sparred. Santiago, the... See full summary »
Director: Luis Alberto Lamata | Stars: Cosme Cortázar, Francis Rueda, Alexander Milic, Doris Díaz
Votes: 182
VENEZUELA | Status: submitted
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39. The Original of the Forgery (1991)
117 min | Drama
The plot lasts from 1945 until today's day. Pavle, Stojan and Dragisa, the three war friends are taking different positions within the society immediately after the war. Pavle, a former war... See full summary »
Director: Dragan Kresoja | Stars: Lazar Ristovski, Dragan Nikolic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Snezana Bogdanovic
Votes: 273
YUGOSLAVIA | Status: submitted
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