# Name a country and recommend a movie from there. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-country-and-recommend-a-movie-from-there/748605 "2016-03-11T01:46:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-country-and-recommend-a-movie-from-there/748605/41 "2016-03-11T21:34:47Z")
Iceland: Hrafninn flýgur (original title) When the Raven Flies (UK title) Revenge of the Barbarians (US title) :rolleyes: > **[When the Raven Flies (1984) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087432/)** > > When the Raven Flies: Directed by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson. With Jakob Þór Einarsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Helgi Skúlason, Gotti Sigurdarson. An Irish man seeks vengeance against the vikings who killed his parents. Ireland: The Snapper > **["Screen Two" The Snapper (TV Episode 1993) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108170/)** > > The Snapper: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Tina Kellegher, Colm Meaney, Ruth McCabe, Eanna MacLiam. 20 year old Irish girl Sharon Curly lives at home with her large family. But notoriety in her neighbourhood suddenly arrives when, after a night... France: Ridicule > **[Ridicule (1996) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117477/)** > > Ridicule: Directed by Patrice Leconte. With Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche. 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. Italy: The Leopard > **[The Leopard (1963) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057091/)** > > The Leopard: Directed by Luchino Visconti. With Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa. The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social... Australia: Children of the Revolution > **[Children of the Revolution (1996) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115886/)** > > Children of the Revolution: Directed by Peter Duncan. With Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Roxburgh. Few knew that Stalin spent his last night in the arms of a young Australian woman. Few still knew that their "love-child" brought... Norway: Ofelas (original title) Pathfinder (English title) > **[Pathfinder (1987) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093668/)** > > Pathfinder: Directed by Nils Gaup. With Mikkel Gaup, Ingvald Guttorm, Nils Utsi, Henrik H. Buljo. A young Sámi man witnesses a band of vicious raiders slay his family and flees to a nearby village, where he learns he must become a Pathfinder. Denmark: Babette’s Feast > **[Babette's Feast (1987) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092603/)** > > Babette's Feast: Directed by Gabriel Axel. With Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle. During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a... Sweden: The Seventh Seal > **[The Seventh Seal (1957) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050976/)** > > The Seventh Seal: Directed by Ingmar Bergman. With Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Max von Sydow. A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the... Russia: Burnt by the Sun > **[Burnt by the Sun (1994) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111579/)** > > Burnt by the Sun: Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. With Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Nadezhda Mikhalkova. In the Soviet Union in 1936, shadow of Stalin's repressions lie on a famous revolution hero. The accusations of being... Mexico: Like Water for Chocolate > **[Like Water for Chocolate (1992) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103994/)** > > Like Water for Chocolate: Directed by Alfonso Arau. With Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez. When tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking. Germany: The Lives of Others > **[The Lives of Others (2006) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/)** > > The Lives of Others: Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. With Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur. In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself... Czech Republic: I Served the King of England > **[Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále (2006) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284363/)** > > Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále: Directed by Jirí Menzel. With Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch, Marián Labuda. A look at the glamorous life at an old-world Prague hotel. Spain: High Heels > **[High Heels (1991) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103030/)** > > High Heels: Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. With Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé, Anna Lizaran. 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. ---
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**Brazil** - _Elite Force (Tropa de Elite)_ and its even more impressive sequel, _Elite Force II._ ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-country-and-recommend-a-movie-from-there/748605/43 "2016-03-12T05:38:21Z")
> [@Chihuahua](#): > > I liked Norway’s “Troll Hunter.” That’s a very good choice. Canada-_The Sweet Hereafter_. ---
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> [@John\_Mace](#): > > There’s a little known film I saw that is form NZ, mostly. Some of you may have heard of it: The best New Zealand film actually about New Zealand is no doubt [The Piano.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piano) Sorry, I’m going to break the one film per poster rule to also mention [_Utu_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utu_(film)), about the Maori Wars. ---
**Author:** ![Teddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Teddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teddie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-country-and-recommend-a-movie-from-there/748605/46 "2016-03-12T07:49:01Z")
France - Betty Blue, released in 1986 and stars Beatrice Dalle. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-country-and-recommend-a-movie-from-there/748605/47 "2016-03-12T13:25:37Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Bhutan, [The Cup](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201840/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_3) (1999). Young Tibetan refugees at a monastery in India are desperate to watch the World Cup being played in France. Another one that’s both good and obscure is [Moolade](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416991/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_2) (2004), from Burkina Faso. Deals with female circumcision and, IIRC, made it onto Roger Ebert’s top-10 list for that year. ---
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Peking Opera Blues…Hong Kong… Awesome comedic period piece > **[Peking Opera Blues (1986) - IMDb](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0090952/)** > > Peking Opera Blues: Directed by Hark Tsui. With Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung, Mark Cheng. The movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's underground movement tried to establish a... ---
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One film per country? Argh. German: Das Boot French: Fantastic Planet British: Kind Hearts and Coronets Japan: Spirited Away ---
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> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > That’s a very good choice. > Canada-_The Sweet Hereafter_. I was going to post that one but you beat me to it. An astounding film. 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. 100%. ---
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France - [High tension](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tension) South Korea - [I saw the devil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Saw_the_Devil) Germany - [Aguirre, the wrath of god](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguirre,_the_Wrath_of_God); [Downfall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(2004_film)) (If I have to only pick one, I pick Aguirre) Brazil - [City of god](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_God_(2002_film)) Sweden - [Let the right one in](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_the_Right_One_In_(film)) Spain - [timecrimes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timecrimes) ---
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Russia: _12,_ a remake of _12 Angry Men,_ but with Russian sensibilities. The person being judged is a young Chechen accused of murdering his stepfather, who’s an officer in the Russian army. To say that these men are prejudiced against him would be putting it _mildly!_ France: _The Diving Bell and the Butterfly._ A sobering look at a man who suffers a massive stroke and ends up with locked-in syndrome. ---
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> [@Shodan](#): > > Germany: _Lola Rennt_, or _Run Lola Run_ in English. 20 minutes to destiny, then you catch your breath, then again. [Highly recommended](http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/run-lola-run-1999). Seconded. ---
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Serbia: Black cat, white cat ---
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Argentina - _ **“Wild Tales”** _ (2014) Oscar nominated, “Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.” (95% on Rotten Tomatoes) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3011894/?ref\_=nv\_sr\_1](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3011894/?ref_=nv_sr_1) Germany - _ **“Phoenix”** _ (2015) “A disfigured concentration-camp survivor (Nina Hoss), unrecognizable after facial reconstruction surgery, searches ravaged postwar Berlin for the husband (Ronald Zehrfeld) who might have betrayed her to the Nazis.” (98% on Rotten Tomatoes) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2764784/?ref\_=nv\_sr\_5](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2764784/?ref_=nv_sr_5) ---
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> [@infinitii](#): > > Poland/French: The Double Life of Veronique, 1991. My favorite movie of all time, great movie by a great director (Kieslowski). That was a most unfortunate thing for me. I went into the city to see a movie, which happened to be a double feature. The first one, mentioned earlier by **mbh** , was Almoldovar’s _High Heels_, followed by _The Double Life of Veronique_. After the strong primaries, images and dialog of the first movie, the second was just a tad too muddy, ethereal and slow for me to hold on to it. And I felt like it was getting kind of late for being downtown. I only lasted about 20 minutes into it. ---
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In order from best to least good. None of them are anywhere near bad. All earned a rating of at least 8/10 from me which I don’t give out often. Germany: M (1931) The U.S.: All About Eve (1950) Canada: Room (2015) The U.K.: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) The U.S.S.R.: Come and See (1985). The best war movie I’ve seen but very disturbing and hard to watch. France: The 400 Blows (1959) Spain: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Switzerland: Three Colors: Red (1994) Iran: A Separation (2011) Japan: Tokyo Story (1953) New Zealand: The Piano (1993) Italy: Cinema Paradiso (1988) Australia: Walkabout (1971) ---
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Argentina: The Secret in their Eyes (El Secreto de sus ojos) Japan: Tampopo South Korea: The Host ---
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> [@bibliophage](#): > > Switzerland: Three Colors: Red (1994) That was not really a Swiss film, it was part of the _Bleu_, _Blanc_, _Rouge_ trilogy whose titles were based on the colors of the flag of France. ---
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