Any good foreign movies you've seen lately?

[pifpaf]

a new one: The kite runner.

[ASHII]

great thnx
about this

[Beta]

the counterfeiters

we saw it in school a few days ago, it's awesome.

[Axoric]

ong bak its packed with action
Banlieue 13 this one too

[arvind_sampath]

This is not the first time i'm seeing it, but that never stops me from recommending it as highly as i always have. The 400 blows (Les Quatre cents coups) by truffaut.
This epochal film was truffaut's feature debut, and his reply to the ban imposed by critics the previous year, on his participation at cannes. It won him the best director award. But trivia aside, it is one of the most touching and beautiful films i have ever seen.
I still remember the first time i had the pleasure to see the 400 blows. Truffaut had me right from the title credits, where his camera begins to lead you on a journey through late 50s paris; a journey so rich and drenched in beauty, that it's almost like seeing a moving-image presentation of a great photographer's portfolio (think someone like cartier bresson).
Truffaut's understanding of childhood, and especially a difficult one, is the best i've seen on film, and it is a textbook example of how to stay sensitive, without getting sentimental. You'll notice the difference when you see the film. The Colombian film critic Luis Alberto Álvarez used to say of Truffaut, "all of his work is a search for a lost childhood."
One thing this movie has cemented for me, is the realization that i will eternally be searching for the paris shown in it. To tell you the truth, i am afraid to see paris in reality (though i have seen it before i saw the film) after seeing the 400 blows, because i know it will totally erase the romantic nostalgia that rushes through me, every time i see the film.

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/6/blows.html

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/conten.../truffaut.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053198/

Cheers!

[Morer]

I liked the diving bell and the butterfly - a french film

[kooftspc11]

city of god and city of men were both good...if you understand the language

[ligerpt]

Tropa de Elite (Brazil)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0861739/

The Host (South Korea)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468492/

Oldboy (South Korea)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/

[ahcorac72]

One great portuguese movie

Corrupção (2007)
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1050331/)

[formos]

inside-french horror