>And I have a bet against myself here, so...
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>what was the best foreign movie (that is, from a country speaking a different language than yours) that you saw this year?
Some of the most interesting I saw during the year where actually not in English and not in Spanish:
Hak se wui (Election), Johnny To -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434008Daai si gin (Breaking News), Johnny To -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414931Crimen Ferpecto (Ferpect Crime), Alex de la Iglesia (well, this is in Spanish) -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395125Salinui chueok (Memories of Murder), Joon-ho Bong (korean masterpiece!) -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353969Irréversible, Gaspar Noé -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290673Cidade de Deus (City of God), Fernando Meirelles -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248Ichi the Killer, Takashi Miike -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296042Tre Colori: Film Blu (Three colors: Blue), Krzysztof Kieslowski -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108394Tre colori - Film Bianco (Three colors: White), Krzysztof Kieslowski -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111507Tre colori - Film Rosso (Three colors: Red), Krzysztof Kieslowski -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111495Stalker, Andrei Tarkovsky -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944 (I saw it
again this year)
Le Repos du guerrier (The rest of the warrior), Roger Vadim -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056404Well, trying to discard original titles in English and Spanish is too restrictive...
By the way, if anyone is interested, I keep a list of all the movies I have at home (a small but significant part of what I actually see) at
http://www.salias.com.ar/films.aspA few of them films have a small comment, but I never take the time to complete the rest...
Regards,