Monthly pick of foreign language films - September 2021
Here are our monthly pick of the foreign language films being released in Britain and Ireland during September 2021.
Wednesday 1st September 2021
Yellow Cat Kazakh
Ex-con Kermek and his beloved Eva want to leave their crime-infested lives on the Kazakh steppes behind. He has a dream: building a movie theater in the mountains.
Ex-con Kermek and his beloved Eva want to leave their crime-infested lives on the Kazakh steppes behind. He has a dream: building a movie theater in the mountains.
Thursday 2nd September 2021
Visit, or Memories and Confessions Portuguese
A docu-drama that follows Manoel de Oliveira's life during the times of dictatorship in Portugal.
A docu-drama that follows Manoel de Oliveira's life during the times of dictatorship in Portugal.
Friday 3rd September 2021
Bad Blood (15) Serbian
BAD BLOOD, set in the Balkans at the end of the Ottoman Empire. While trying to preserve the independence of his people, Trifun, the Christian minority leader sets off a chain of events causing terrible consequences for his family members.
BAD BLOOD, set in the Balkans at the end of the Ottoman Empire. While trying to preserve the independence of his people, Trifun, the Christian minority leader sets off a chain of events causing terrible consequences for his family members.
Genus Pan Tagalog
A look at how much human beings are like animals.
A look at how much human beings are like animals.
Shorta (15) Danish
Jens and Mike, two police officers on routine patrol, find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings when unrest spreads.
Jens and Mike, two police officers on routine patrol, find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings when unrest spreads.
The Champion of Auschwitz (15) Polish
The story of the pre-war boxing champion Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski, who in 1940 arrives with the first transport of prisoners to the newly created Auschwitz concentration camp.
The story of the pre-war boxing champion Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski, who in 1940 arrives with the first transport of prisoners to the newly created Auschwitz concentration camp.
Thursday 9th September 2021
Fucking with Nobody Finnish
After losing a film job to her nemesis Kristian, Hanna teams up with her sister and counterculture friends, to create a parody romance on Instagram between herself and young actor Ekku.
After losing a film job to her nemesis Kristian, Hanna teams up with her sister and counterculture friends, to create a parody romance on Instagram between herself and young actor Ekku.
Friday 10th September 2021
Copilot (15) German
Two students marry in secretly despite objections from the woman's mother. In a mosque in Hamburg, they promise to stay together, but when the man she finds her whole world shaken.
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Two students marry in secretly despite objections from the woman's mother. In a mosque in Hamburg, they promise to stay together, but when the man she finds her whole world shaken.
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Thalaivi Tamil
Thalaivi is an upcoming Indian multilingual biographical film about the life of J. Jayalalithaa, politician and film actress who served six terms as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, with Kangana Ranaut playing the role of Jayalalithaa.
Thalaivi is an upcoming Indian multilingual biographical film about the life of J. Jayalalithaa, politician and film actress who served six terms as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, with Kangana Ranaut playing the role of Jayalalithaa.
Tuesday 14th September 2021
Downstream to Kinshasa Lingala
Invalids devastated by war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo make the trek to the capital to make their voices heard, to demand dignity and some kind of compensation.
Invalids devastated by war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo make the trek to the capital to make their voices heard, to demand dignity and some kind of compensation.
Thursday 16th September 2021
Eating Our Way to Extinction (12)
Starring globally renowned figures and the world's leading scientists, EATING OUR WAY TO EXTINCTION will take you on a journey - A powerful cinematic feature documentary that opens the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about. Alarming and entertaining this compelling feature documentary will make you never look at your food or the food industry in the same way again.
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Starring globally renowned figures and the world's leading scientists, EATING OUR WAY TO EXTINCTION will take you on a journey - A powerful cinematic feature documentary that opens the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about. Alarming and entertaining this compelling feature documentary will make you never look at your food or the food industry in the same way again.
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Friday 24th September 2021
Balloon (12) Chinese
A family struggles against the conflicting dictates of nature, spirituality, politics, and free will.
A family struggles against the conflicting dictates of nature, spirituality, politics, and free will.
Gagarine (12A) French
Yuri fights to save his home town - which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin - from demolition.
Yuri fights to save his home town - which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin - from demolition.
The Man Who Sold His Skin (12A) Arabic
His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.
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His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.
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