# Great Unique Non-English Language Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [November 7, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-unique-non-english-language-movies/974540 "2022-11-07T23:26:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 124
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-unique-non-english-language-movies/974540/124 "2023-02-22T15:48:04Z")
A nomination that was deserved. Pity it hasn’t got a chance of winning. My take from last year: > [@Movies you've seen recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently/699906/5594): > > It’s been a busy movie going end of the year. Lots of one week qualifying runs. The Quiet Girl - After killing a man in the ring, a 12 year old Irish girl returns to Inisfree… OK, not really. A quietly heartbreaking movie about a young Irish girl in the 1980’s (much of the dialog is in Gaelic with subtitles) with a quiet soul, in the wrong family situation, given to relatives, and finding the first love and nurturing in her life. A very specific story set in a slice of life that takes you to … For some reason, my mind connects _The Quiet Girl_ to one I championed as one of the best of 2017, even though, on the surface, they are very different films (warning: _Tigers Are Not Afraid_ has a lot of violence, _The Quiet Girl_ doesn’t). > **[Tigers Are Not Afraid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigers_Are_Not_Afraid)** > > Tigers Are Not Afraid (Spanish: Vuelven, lit. 'They Return') is a 2017 Mexican crime-fantasy horror film, with elements of magical realism, written and directed by Issa López. The film is produced by Marco Polo Constandse, under the banner of Filmadora Nacional, and Peligrosa. The film stars Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Ianis Guerrero, Rodrigo Cortes, Hanssel Casillas, Nery Arredondo, and Tenoch Huerta. The film has received extremely positive reviews from critics. > Estrella is a young girl in... --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-unique-non-english-language-movies/974540)._