On Mar 9, 12:30=A0am, e...@webtv.net (Dave Pryce) wrote:
> What do you rate the best film you have seen from each foreign country?
> Here is my list.
>
> Argentine - The Official Story
> Austrailian - Gallipoli
> Brazilian - Black Orpheus
> Chinese - The Story of Qiu Ju
> Danish - The Passion of Joan of Arc
> English - Lawrence of Arabia
> French - The Wages of Fear
> German - Metropolis
> Indian - Lagaan
> Italian - The Leopard
> Japanese - The Seven Samurai
> Mexican - The Exterminating Angel
> New Zealand - The Navigator
> Polish - Ashes and Diamonds
> Russian - (tie) Ivan the Terrible/War and Peace
> Swedish - Pelle the Conqueror
> Swiss - The Sorrow and the Pity
Pretty respectable list IMO. "The Navigator" is one of my all time
favorites. I would have said: Polish--The Saragossa Manuscript,
Argentinian-Man Facing Southeast, French-Les Enfants du Paradis or
Shoot the Piano Player |