If you are a regular on my blog, chances are you have noticed that I review a foreign language movie every Thursday. Therefore, when I saw the theme for Wandering Through the Shelves' Thursday Movie Picks this week was non-English movies, I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store.
Having so many films to choose from, I asked my parents and brother to pick a language each --father said Spanish, mother said Polish, brother said Russian-- and I picked one for each. Without further ado, I leave you with my three picks.
Blancanieves (2012)
After the death of her grandmother, young Carmen goes to live with her former bullfighter father and her evil stepmother. Years later, her stepmother plots to kill her, but her plan fails as a band of travelling bullfighting dwarf saves Carmen and helps her to become a bullfighter. It's a great and compelling take on the famous fairy tale.
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
It tells the story of two identical women, Weronika who lives in Poland, Véronique who lives in France. They have never met but they share an incredible and mysterious mental and emotional connection that influences their lives. It's a superb thought-provoking film.
Loveless (2017)
It tells the story of a married couple going through a tough divorce as they both have new partners but neither of them wants the custody of their 12-year-old. During one of their arguments, the son overhears that neither of them wants him and runs away. It takes the parents two days to realise their son is missing but at least they team up to find him. Not my favourite Foreign Language nominee at this year's Oscars, but it's a great character study as well as a bitter commentary on our society.
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