Wednesday, October 16

1996 National Board of Review – Best Foreign Language Films Winner and Nominees

1996 National Board of Review – Best Foreign Language Films Winner

Azúcar amarga

Azúcar amarga

Gustavo is a young Havana Communist who believes in the revolution; he hopes for a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering in Prague. But his faith in the new Cuba is tested: his …

Kolya

Kolya

Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady’s man. Having lost his place in the state orchestra, he must make ends meet by playing …

La cérémonie

La cérémonie

A newly hired maid for a rich countryside family befriends a post-office clerk who encourages her to rebel against her employers.

Ridicule

Ridicule

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.

Ridicule

Ridicule

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.

Thieves

Thieves

In the middle of the night, someone brings Ivan’s body home to his wife and his sad-faced, jug-eared son. Through flashbacks, the film discloses the relationships among Ivan and his brother…