Monthly pick of foreign language films - April 2019
Here are our monthly pick of the foreign language films being released in Britain and Ireland during April 2019.
Friday 5th April 2019
Happy As Lazzaro (Lazzaro felice) (12A) Italian
This is the tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination. Life in their isolated pastoral village Inviolata is dominated by the terrible Marchesa Alfonsina de Luna, the queen of cigarettes. A loyal bond is sealed when Tancredi asks Lazzaro to help him orchestrate his own kidnapping. This strange and improbable alliance is a revelation for Lazzaro. A friendship so precious that it will travel in time and transport Lazzaro in search of Tancredi. His first time in the big city, Lazzaro is like a fragment of the past lost in the modern world.
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This is the tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination. Life in their isolated pastoral village Inviolata is dominated by the terrible Marchesa Alfonsina de Luna, the queen of cigarettes. A loyal bond is sealed when Tancredi asks Lazzaro to help him orchestrate his own kidnapping. This strange and improbable alliance is a revelation for Lazzaro. A friendship so precious that it will travel in time and transport Lazzaro in search of Tancredi. His first time in the big city, Lazzaro is like a fragment of the past lost in the modern world.
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Junglee (12A) Hindi
The story revolves around a vet, who on his homecoming to his father's elephant reserve, encounters and fights an international poachers racket.
The story revolves around a vet, who on his homecoming to his father's elephant reserve, encounters and fights an international poachers racket.
Nervous Translation (PG) Tagalog
Eight year-old Yael, shy to a fault, lives in her own private world. One day she finds out about a pen that can "translate" the thoughts and feelings of nervous people.
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Eight year-old Yael, shy to a fault, lives in her own private world. One day she finds out about a pen that can "translate" the thoughts and feelings of nervous people.
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Yaara Ve (PG) Punjabi
Punjabi language comedy drama which tells the story of three best friends living in a village in pre-Partition India.
Punjabi language comedy drama which tells the story of three best friends living in a village in pre-Partition India.
Friday 12th April 2019
Yuli (15) Spanish
The director Icíar Bollaín presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles. A dancer who did not want to dance.
The director Icíar Bollaín presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles. A dancer who did not want to dance.
Friday 19th April 2019
Loro (18) Italian
Master filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino (Youth, The Great Beauty) teams up once again with longtime collaborator Toni Servillo (Il divo, The Great Beauty) to reveal the scandalous and, until now, unseen private life of Italy's most infamous politician Silvio Berlusconi. Packed with sensational satirical sting, biopics don't come more unauthorised than this!
Master filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino (Youth, The Great Beauty) teams up once again with longtime collaborator Toni Servillo (Il divo, The Great Beauty) to reveal the scandalous and, until now, unseen private life of Italy's most infamous politician Silvio Berlusconi. Packed with sensational satirical sting, biopics don't come more unauthorised than this!
Shongram (15) Urdu
'Shongram' is a romantic drama set during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation struggle. A daring reporter 'Sarah' (Asia Argento) interviews a Bangladeshi Londoner named 'Karim' (Anupam Kher) on his deathbed, who finally shares his account four decades later. A young Karim and Asha fall in love in the most testing of times. This becomes a complicated relationship, as Karim is a Muslim boy and Asha is a Hindu girl - that is just one aspect which provides a rollercoaster journey for the two protagonists. It stars legendary Hindi cinema artist Anupam Kher (Silver Linings Playbook, Bend it Like Beckham, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge), Hollywood and European star Asia Argento (Triple X - starring Vin Diesel, Marie Antoinette) alongside Bangladeshi artists Aman Reza and Dilruba Yasmeen Ruhee.
'Shongram' is a romantic drama set during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation struggle. A daring reporter 'Sarah' (Asia Argento) interviews a Bangladeshi Londoner named 'Karim' (Anupam Kher) on his deathbed, who finally shares his account four decades later. A young Karim and Asha fall in love in the most testing of times. This becomes a complicated relationship, as Karim is a Muslim boy and Asha is a Hindu girl - that is just one aspect which provides a rollercoaster journey for the two protagonists. It stars legendary Hindi cinema artist Anupam Kher (Silver Linings Playbook, Bend it Like Beckham, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge), Hollywood and European star Asia Argento (Triple X - starring Vin Diesel, Marie Antoinette) alongside Bangladeshi artists Aman Reza and Dilruba Yasmeen Ruhee.
Wednesday 24th April 2019
The World Is Yours (Le monde est à toi) (15) Spanish
A small-time dealer dreams of another life but can't afford it. To escape, he must accept one last job involving Spain, drugs, the Illuminati and his overbearing mother.
A small-time dealer dreams of another life but can't afford it. To escape, he must accept one last job involving Spain, drugs, the Illuminati and his overbearing mother.
Friday 26th April 2019
Ash Is Purest White (15) Mandarin
Mandarin language crime drama in which a woman is sent to prison after using an unlicensed gun to protect her mobster boyfriend from attackers.
Mandarin language crime drama in which a woman is sent to prison after using an unlicensed gun to protect her mobster boyfriend from attackers.
Donbass (15) Russian
In eastern Ukraine, society begins to degrade as the effects of propaganda and manipulation begin to surface in this post-truth era.
In eastern Ukraine, society begins to degrade as the effects of propaganda and manipulation begin to surface in this post-truth era.