The 82nd Oscars, honoring films of 2009, are now history. 80% of the nominees in this particular category, however, waited until 2010 for its theatrical release. Sadly this is now the norm for the foreign language film, banking all of their marketing strategy on those difficult-to-snag Oscar nominations.
| France UN PROPHETE |
Germany DAS WEIßE BAND |
Peru 1st nomination! THE MILK OF SORROW Claudia Losa Official Site |
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| Director Juan José Campanella and Argentinian movie star Ricardo Darin, who previously made the Oscar race with Son of the Bride (2001), reunite for this mystery thriller. Darin plays a detective who hopes to solve a 30 year old cold case in Buenos Aires.
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Jacques Audiard is one of France's most exciting auteurs: Read
My Lips and The Beat That My Heart Skipped and now
this prison drama about in illiterate Arab (Tahar Rahim) in the
French prison system? Wow
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Master Michael Haneke once again confronts moviegoers with a puzzle without answers... or at least the answers aren't the point in this "children's story" about evil mysterious events in a small German village on the eve of World War I.
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Ajami is the name of a violent neighborhood in Jaffa where Jews, Muslims and Christians all live. The film was made on location with a large cast of amateur actors improvising. It's intertwining stories are told with jumbled chronology (as is all the rage everywhere).
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We first heard about this one when Tilda Swinton's Berlinale jury gave it their top prize. (It really was a rich year for female directors). This allegorical drama is about women suffering from a disease brought on my breastfeeding after years of rape and wartime abuse.
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Pictures Classics Released in 2010 |
Sony
Pictures Classics Released in 2010 |
Sony
Pictures Classics Dec 2009 Release |
Kino
International 2010 Release |
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in 2010 |
| Made the "finals" but were not selected
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