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I live to servebig mervyn wrote:I'm also partial to european fillums - Almodóvar for example but that probably merits another thread.
That is one real sick filmShan wrote:If you enjoy extreme and nasty stuff then A Serbian Film is just the ticket. Be advised though if you have a weak stomach you could be in trouble watching this one.
Couple of excellent ones there.mikerob wrote:Pretty well everything by Almodóvar is very watchable but some favourite foreign films are the coming-of-age Mexican film Y Tu Mamá También and another Mexican film Amores Perros which is 3 different stories all connecting with each other.
sounds interesting, I have actually watched little by Almodóvar - did you see The Skin I Live In? How did you think it measured up? I thought it was ok - but some critics completely wet themselves about it, I didn't think it was that special... The one you mention sounds interesting, must check it out...big mervyn wrote:What Have I Done to Deserve This? ( ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?) is my favourite Almodóvar flick - a kitchen sink surreal comedy set in post Franco Spain. Low on budget - big on laffs. As good or better than his more celebrated later efforts imo.
In the last while I have seen a ton of Latin American films which I have loved - as well as the ones above, Carancho (about a slightly dodgy lawyer type who acts as an intermediary in car accident lawsuits, who gets tangled up with a chick and some bad guys and what have you) and Las Acacias (about a guy who gives a lady and her baby a lift in his lorry from Paraguay to Buenos Aires - that's it! But it's brilliant) were released last year. Going back a bit there's a class Argie conman flick called 'Nueve Reinas' (Nine Queens) - stars Ricardo Darin (the same guy as in Carancho, and the Secret in their Eyes - he's a brilliant actor, bit of an Argentinian stalwart, reminds me a little of Daniel Auteuil), it's good crack..big mervyn wrote:Couple of excellent ones there.mikerob wrote:Pretty well everything by Almodóvar is very watchable but some favourite foreign films are the coming-of-age Mexican film Y Tu Mamá También and another Mexican film Amores Perros which is 3 different stories all connecting with each other.
Goodbye Lenin is a very good wee German fillum and Pan's Labyrinth is fantastic.
I have a bit of a soft spot for her, check out "A la folie, pas du tout" (He loves me, he loves me not I think it was in English) it's kind of Amelie's twisted sister!big mervyn wrote:...and anything with Audrey Tatou in it
