Foreign Films From 1999 Under 90m, a list by EVG

7.7

/9964/

76

/297/

76

/212/

4.2

/54565/

93

/45/

87

/131/

86

/20/

4.0

Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.

83

7.6

/2334/

77

/135/

81

/54/

3.9

/35248/

100

/34/

88

/8/

3.5

Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that’s just part of the story.

83

7.5

/64908/

73

/2038/

74

/1546/

4.0

/170566/

92

/254/

82

/174/

90

/45/

4.0

age 16+

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

82

7.8

/3335/

80

/153/

79

/131/

4.1

/12527/

100

/46/

86

/10/

78

/10/

3.0

High up on the Tibetan plateau. Amongst unexplored and inaccessible valleys lies one of the last sanctuaries of the wild world, where rare and undiscovered fauna lives. Vincent Munier, one of the world’s most renowned wildlife photographers takes the adventurer and novelist Sylvain Tesson (In the Forest of Siberia) with him on his latest mission. For several weeks, they’ll explore these valleys searching for unique animals and try to spot the snow leopard, one of the rarest and most difficult big cats to approach.

82

7.4

/13674/

74

/535/

72

/489/

4.0

/55492/

99

/172/

79

/38/

86

/36/

4.0

France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so.

82

7.8

/39501/

80

/2050/

77

/751/

4.0

/56921/

99

/93/

91

/1008/

77

/27/

3.0

age 11+

Revered sushi chef Jiro Ono strives for perfection in his work, while his eldest son, Yoshikazu, has trouble living up to his father's legacy.

82

7.4

/16896/

73

/303/

70

/250/

4.0

/18027/

98

/42/

80

/548/

81

/15/

4.0

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket, and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.

82

8.0

/9549/

79

/321/

76

/158/

3.9

/6800/

100

/70/

89

/140/

84

/21/

3.0

age 16+

The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.

82

7.5

/34908/

75

/833/

76

/734/

3.8

/19294/

88

/119/

89

/1262/

77

/22/

4.0

Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.

82

7.4

/62740/

72

/1463/

72

/1030/

4.0

/89508/

95

/167/

79

/480/

91

/35/

4.0

age 14+

In 1960s Poland, young novitiate Anna is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.

81

7.4

/4010/

75

/245/

80

/85/

3.9

/27657/

92

/74/

93

/14/

85

/19/

3.0

Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her.

81

7.4

/7055/

72

/316/

70

/306/

3.8

/20011/

98

/61/

94

/15/

83

/15/

3.5

Julie finally gets an interview for a job where she can raise her children better only to run into a national transit strike.

81

7.5

/68625/

73

/3308/

73

/1784/

3.9

/77017/

98

/123/

87

/152/

83

/23/

3.5

Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.

81

7.5

/21358/

73

/367/

70

/298/

4.1

/28247/

88

/34/

90

/380/

77

/15/

4.0

A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.

81

7.2

/25130/

72

/481/

70

/461/

3.9

/31130/

99

/98/

75

/324/

82

/26/

4.0

In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and the tireless support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials pursuing the boy for deportation.

81

7.5

/21771/

73

/440/

71

/340/

3.8

/12167/

98

/114/

86

/471/

82

/31/

3.5

During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while, he must keep his personal life tucked away: the fact that he is seeking political refuge in Québec – and that he, like the children, has suffered an appalling loss.

80

7.7

/161640/

78

/6905/

74

/3046/

4.0

/197908/

90

/188/

89

/10747/

78

/38/