Monthly pick of foreign language films - October 2021
Here are our monthly pick of the foreign language films being released in Britain and Ireland during October 2021.
Friday 1st October 2021
Chal Mera Putt 3 (PG) Punjabi
Chal Mera Putt 3 revolves around the lives of illegal immigrants in UK, their friendship and their constant struggle of finding a home away from home.
Chal Mera Putt 3 revolves around the lives of illegal immigrants in UK, their friendship and their constant struggle of finding a home away from home.
Even Mice Belong in Heaven (PG) Czech
A film about two mortal enemies - a little Mouse and a Fox, who after an unfortunate accident, meet in animal heaven. They lose their natural instincts and become best friends. Their wish to stay together after they return to earth comes true, but they are reborn into opposite roles. Thanks to the power of friendship they can even overcome what seems to be impossible.
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A film about two mortal enemies - a little Mouse and a Fox, who after an unfortunate accident, meet in animal heaven. They lose their natural instincts and become best friends. Their wish to stay together after they return to earth comes true, but they are reborn into opposite roles. Thanks to the power of friendship they can even overcome what seems to be impossible.
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Next Door German
Explores the subjects of gentrification and social inequality in Berlin.
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Explores the subjects of gentrification and social inequality in Berlin.
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Friday 8th October 2021
Cloudy Mountain (12A) Chinese
A father and son try to save a small town and its newly-built tunnel that is threatened by natural disasters.
A father and son try to save a small town and its newly-built tunnel that is threatened by natural disasters.
My Little Sister (15) German
Lisa has bid goodbye to her ambitions as a playwright and the Berlin arts scene and now lives in Switzerland with her husband, who runs an international school. When her twin brother falls ill, she returns to Berlin.
Lisa has bid goodbye to her ambitions as a playwright and the Berlin arts scene and now lives in Switzerland with her husband, who runs an international school. When her twin brother falls ill, she returns to Berlin.
Wednesday 13th October 2021
Corporate Responsibility Spanish
Explores the role of big corporations in helping pogroms by the Argentine junta against dissidents.
Explores the role of big corporations in helping pogroms by the Argentine junta against dissidents.
Friday 15th October 2021
Never Gonna Snow Again Polish
Zhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from the East works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a guru-like figure in a wealthy gated community of his clients.
Zhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from the East works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a guru-like figure in a wealthy gated community of his clients.
The Invisible Life Of Euridice Gusmao (18) Portuguese
Kept apart by a terrible lie and a conservative society, two sisters born in Rio de Janeiro make their way through life each believing the other is living out her dreams half a world away.
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Kept apart by a terrible lie and a conservative society, two sisters born in Rio de Janeiro make their way through life each believing the other is living out her dreams half a world away.
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Tuesday 19th October 2021
Lucky Chan-sil (Chansilineun bokdo manhji) Korean
Chan-sil, a film producer, finds herself unemployed with the sudden death of her long-time collaborated director. Out of prospects and out of luck, she moves into a bargain room in a shoddy neighborhood. But something doesn't seem quite right with her new elderly landlady.
Chan-sil, a film producer, finds herself unemployed with the sudden death of her long-time collaborated director. Out of prospects and out of luck, she moves into a bargain room in a shoddy neighborhood. But something doesn't seem quite right with her new elderly landlady.
Friday 22nd October 2021
Gierek Polish
A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background. Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people. Even though he stands in line with notables like John Paul II, Jozef Pilsudski or Lech Walesa, film industry hasn't noticed him yet.
A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background. Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people. Even though he stands in line with notables like John Paul II, Jozef Pilsudski or Lech Walesa, film industry hasn't noticed him yet.
Saturday 23rd October 2021
The Bacchus Lady Korean
The Bacchus Lady looks into the issue of elderly prostitution in South Korea. So-Young, an elderly lady who provides sex services to the male senior citizens using the pretext of selling Bacchus (an energy drink) to them. When So-Young picks up a Korean-Filipino boy named Min-Ho from the clinic she visits after Min-Ho's mother stabs the doctor (Min-Ho's father).
The Bacchus Lady looks into the issue of elderly prostitution in South Korea. So-Young, an elderly lady who provides sex services to the male senior citizens using the pretext of selling Bacchus (an energy drink) to them. When So-Young picks up a Korean-Filipino boy named Min-Ho from the clinic she visits after Min-Ho's mother stabs the doctor (Min-Ho's father).
Friday 29th October 2021
Azor French
Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.
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Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.
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Congo Calling French
Three Europeans in the crisis zone of eastern Congo. They want to help, but their situation is complicated. Three personal perspectives on coexistence and cooperation between Europe and Africa - and the question: how helpful is the help of the West?
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Three Europeans in the crisis zone of eastern Congo. They want to help, but their situation is complicated. Three personal perspectives on coexistence and cooperation between Europe and Africa - and the question: how helpful is the help of the West?
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My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission Japanese
When a cult of terrorists ruins a city by releasing a toxin that causes people's abilities to spiral out of control, Japan's greatest heroes spread around the world in an attempt to track down the mastermind and put him to justice.
When a cult of terrorists ruins a city by releasing a toxin that causes people's abilities to spiral out of control, Japan's greatest heroes spread around the world in an attempt to track down the mastermind and put him to justice.