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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Non-English Language Movies
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I've been mostly watching Non-English TV series rather than movies the past year, so I had to search for movies that I've watched in the past and have never picked on this blog before. Which makes them quite hard to write anything about since I haven't seen some of these movies between 10 to nearly 20 years so there's not that much that I do remember to say a whole lot.
The Princess of Montpensier (2010)
Quite surprise I've never picked this before since I enjoy period dramas and I remember liking this. I also remember it had some very gorgeous costumes and I now learn it had won the César Awards for Best Costume Design. Tilda Swinton plays a Russian woman who is married to a rich Italian family and she speaks Italian and Russian throughout the film. I have no idea how successful she is in speaking the two languages but I thought that it was impressive considering I think she speaks neither of them in real life. I also remember it had great costuming and cinematography. Whenever I watch Succession, especially its poster and opening credits, I am reminded of I Am Love.
This may be called The Spanish Apartment, because that is the setting, but it was mostly filmed in French and I think this had been one of the first few Non-English European films I had seen. I had also thought it must be so cool to be an international student hanging with other other international students in a cosmopolitan city. Anyway this is part of a trilogy. I have seen this and its sequel Russian Dolls, which I remember less. I'd like to watch all of the movies back to back one day.
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I'm intrigued by I Am Love. I have mixed feelings about Guadagnino as I don't always like his work but I really want to see how good Swinton's Italian is.
ReplyDeleteThe only other movie of his I've seen is A Bigger Splash and I thought that was ok.
DeleteThese are all new to me except I Am Love, which I've heard of but not watched. I may give it a go.
ReplyDeleteI forgot about I Am Love, I meant to watch that but never got around to it. I haven't seen your other two picks either.
ReplyDeleteI don’t know any of your picks this week. I would be interested in all 3. Tilde is such an amazing actress and quite the character.
ReplyDeleteShe has that androgynous look so she has been able to do a lot of interesting characters.
DeleteI enjoy Tilda Swinton a lot so I may check out I Am Love.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of any of your picks but especially the Tilda Swinton one starts super intriguing to me. I need to hear her speaking Russian!
ReplyDeleteAs I remember it, she speaks Russian just a little, because her character marries an Italian man and moves to Italy...so she mostly speaks Italian
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