Foreign Language Film Submissions to the 69th Academy Awards held in 1997 to get an Oscar Nomination in the Best Non-English Movie Category
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1. Colonel Bunker (1996)
103 min | Drama, History
Enver Hoxha ruled Albania with an iron fist for nearly 40 years and for a long time Albania was the only Maoist regime and by far the most isolationist society in Europe - politically, ... See full summary »
Director: Kujtim Çashku | Stars: Agim Qirjaqi, Anna Nehrebecka, Çun Lajçi, Gulielm Radoja
Votes: 59
ALBANIA | Status: submitted
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2. Hi Cousin! (1996)
98 min | Comedy
Salut Cousin! is the tale of two Algerian cousins and their mishaps in the racially volatile environment of Paris.
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Gad Elmaleh, Messaoud Hattau, Magaly Berdy, Ann-Gisel Glass
Votes: 313
ALGERIA | Status: submitted
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3. Eva Peron: The True Story (1996)
PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Drama based on the life of Eva Peron, an obscure actress, who rose to become wife of Argentine strong-man President Juan Peron and one of the most powerful figures in Argentina until her death in 1952 at age 33.
Director: Juan Carlos Desanzo | Stars: Esther Goris, Víctor Laplace, Cristina Banegas, Pepe Novoa
Votes: 523
ARGENTINA | Status: submitted
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4. Fu sheng (1996)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
An aging Hong Kong couple move to Australia with their two youngest sons. They stay with a daughter who has already begun a successful career. Meanwhile their eldest daughter lives in ... See full summary »
Director: Clara Law | Stars: Annette Shun Wah, Annie Yip, Anthony Brandon Wong, Edwin Pang
Votes: 308
AUSTRALIA | Status: submitted
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5. Hannah (1996)
118 min | Thriller
The dynamic PR-agent HANNAH is starting up her dream-job in the Hochstedt Company producing toys and soon falls in love with her firm's junior executive director, Wolfgang. But while HANNAH... See full summary »
Director: Reinhard Schwabenitzky | Stars: Elfi Eschke, August Zirner, Jürgen Hentsch, Paul Herwig
Votes: 55
AUSTRIA | Status: submitted
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6. Iz ada v ad (1996)
90 min | Drama, War
Focuses on the lives of two married Polish couples (one Jewish, one Catholic) and the personal and social devastation wrought by the Holocaust and its aftermath.
Director: Dmitriy Astrakhan | Stars: Valeria Valeeva, Anja Kling, Gennadi Svir, Alla Kliouka
Votes: 123
BELARUS | Status: submitted
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7. The Eighth Day (1996)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
An unusual and wonderful friendship develops between a busy but unhappy salesman and a resident of a mental asylum.
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou, Henri Garcin
Votes: 10,080 | Gross: $0.33M
BELGIUM | Status: submitted
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8. Tieta of Agreste (1996)
140 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Just when her family starts believing that she is dead and that they can expect a rich heritage, Tieta returns from São Paulo to her native village in Bahia, which she had been forced to ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: Sonia Braga, Marília Pêra, Chico Anysio, Cláudia Abreu
Votes: 1,053
BRAZIL | Status: submitted
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9. Sous-sol (1996)
90 min | Drama
Director: Pierre Gang | Stars: Louise Portal, Isabelle Pasco, Richard Moffatt, Patrice Godin
Votes: 98
CANADA | Status: submitted
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10. Oedipus Mayor (1996)
100 min | Drama, War
Director: Jorge Alí Triana | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Ángela Molina, Francisco Rabal, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
Votes: 346
COLOMBIA | Status: submitted
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11. Nausikaja (1995)
111 min | Drama
Matija Remetin is young man who is studying drama in Zagreb just before the outbreak of WW2. He rents the room at Marija Slajner, widow who's three previous tennants had commited suicide. ... See full summary »
Director: Vicko Ruic | Stars: Nada Gacesic-Livakovic, Igor Serdar, Maja Nekic, Mustafa Nadarevic
Votes: 59
CROATIA | Status: submitted
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12. Pon tu pensamiento en mí (1996)
87 min | Drama
Seven Scribes tell the story of an actor who represents tricks and false miracles. The people believe that it is the new Christ, and the Scribes manipulate the faith of the mass in this fable of loves, negations and intrigues.
Directors: Mercedes Gaspar, Arturo Sotto Díaz | Stars: Carlos Acosta-Milian, Jorge Alí, Rogelio Blain, Rubén Breñas
Votes: 9
CUBA | Status: submitted
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13. Kolya (1996)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A confirmed bachelor is in for the surprise of his life when a get-rich-quick scheme backfires and leaves him with a pint-sized new roommate.
Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Zdenek Sverák, Andrey Khalimon, Libuse Safránková, Ondrej Vetchý
Votes: 16,224 | Gross: $5.73M
CZECH REPUBLIC | Status: won
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14. Hamsun (1996)
Not Rated | 159 min | Biography, Drama, War
Norwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun's controversial support for the Nazi regime during World War II and its consequences for the Hamsun family after the war.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Anette Hoff, Gard B. Eidsvold
Votes: 1,715
DENMARK | Status: submitted
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15. Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
115 min | Drama, History, War
During the war in Bosnia, two childhood friends eventually become enemies, as the tragic and devastating circumstances of the war put them on the opposite sides and expose the most gruesome and cruel aspects of the human nature.
Director: Srdjan Dragojevic | Stars: Dragan Bjelogrlic, Nikola Kojo, Dragan Maksimovic, Zoran Cvijanovic
Votes: 17,758
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA | Status: submitted
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16. Drifting Clouds (1996)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
The recession hits a couple in Helsinki.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Elina Salo, Sakari Kuosmanen
Votes: 9,058
FINLAND | Status: submitted, but withdrawn
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17. Ridicule (1996)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche
Votes: 8,182 | Gross: $2.50M
FRANCE | Status: nominated
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18. A Chef in Love (1996)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
The story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant, and chef, who falls in love with Georgia and a Georgian princess in the early 1920s. All is well until the ... See full summary »
Director: Nana Dzhordzhadze | Stars: Pierre Richard, Nino Kirtadze, Micheline Presle, Jean-Yves Gautier
Votes: 818 | Gross: $0.60M
GEORGIA | Status: nominated
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19. Der Totmacher (1995)
110 min | Crime, Drama
Fritz Haarmann, who has killed at least 27 boys, is questioned by a psychology professor in order to find out whether he is sane and can be held responsible for his crimes. During this ... See full summary »
Director: Romuald Karmakar | Stars: Götz George, Jürgen Hentsch, Pierre Franckh, Hans-Michael Rehberg
Votes: 2,348
GERMANY | Status: submitted
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20. Stage Door (1996)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Cross the Hu-du-men - the demarcation between the back and front stage in Cantonese opera, and you leave yourself behind to absorb totally in your character. Lang Kim-sum is a charismatic ... See full summary »
Director: Kei Shu | Stars: Josephine Siao, Anita Yuen, Daniel Hiu Tung Chan, Waise Lee
Votes: 229
HONG KONG | Status: submitted
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21. Vaska Easoff (1996)
85 min | Comedy
Vászka, the town robber, is off his form. He has no money and Luvnya, his sweetheart, constantly clamors for a trip to Moscow. His problems are solved when he meets Ványka, the village ... See full summary »
Director: Péter Gothár | Stars: Maksim Sergeev, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Valentina Kasyanova, Boris Solominovits
Votes: 215
HUNGARY | Status: submitted
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22. Devil's Island (1996)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of families living in barracks, left by the US Army in Reykjavik at the conclusion of World War II.
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Baltasar Kormákur, Gísli Halldórsson, Sigurveig Jónsdóttir, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Votes: 1,094 | Gross: $0.01M
ICELAND | Status: submitted
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23. Indian (1996)
Not Rated | 185 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A veteran freedom fighter enraged with the rising crime and corruption in the society murders all the wrong doers one by one using an ancient martial arts technique.
Director: S. Shankar | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Sukanya, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar
Votes: 13,855
INDIA | Status: submitted
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24. Saint Clara (1996)
85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The year is 1999 and the storyline is actually a number of subplots all revolving around the 13-year old Clara, a girl who can predict the future and has telekinetic powers. The subplots ... See full summary »
Directors: Ari Folman, Ori Sivan | Stars: Lucy Dubinchik, Halil Elohev, Johnny Peterson, Maya Maron
Votes: 776
ISRAEL | Status: submitted
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25. La mia generazione (1996)
95 min | Drama
A terrorist is taken from South to North of Italy to meet his woman. What is happening in his mind? Could he betray and speak? It's what the Army official who's taking him to the woman is ... See full summary »
Director: Wilma Labate | Stars: Claudio Amendola, Silvio Orlando, Francesca Neri, Vincenzo Peluso
Votes: 157
ITALY | Status: submitted
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26. Gakkô II (1996)
122 min | Drama
Two teachers at a special high school must deal with the fact that two of their learning impaired students have just disappeared. After searching for both students everywhere, the teachers are amazed to see them flying over in the balloon.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Toshiyuki Nishida, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Ayumi Hamasaki, Hiroshi Kanbe
Votes: 132
JAPAN | Status: submitted
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27. Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda (1996)
87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, History
Gina (Diana Bracho) is a modern business woman in her late forties, she has a lover named Adrian, who she sees once in a while just to have sex; they are both atracted to the historic ... See full summary »
Directors: Sabina Berman, Isabelle Tardán | Stars: Diana Bracho, Arturo Ríos, Jesús Ochoa, Arminius Arzate
Votes: 154
MEXICO | Status: submitted
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28. Lang leve de koningin (1995)
118 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A fairytale about a young girl who learns to play chess and at the same time finds her father.
Director: Esmé Lammers | Stars: Maya van den Broecke, Lisa de Rooy, Cas Enklaar, Derek de Lint
Votes: 1,262
NETHERLANDS | Status: submitted
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29. The Other Side of Sunday (1996)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
The Other Side of Sunday criticizes the small, and often tight church community. We follow the Preachers Daughter; Maria, in her journey to liberate herself from the stiff church community and her strict religious father.
Director: Berit Nesheim | Stars: Marie Theisen, Hildegun Riise, Bjørn Sundquist, Sylvia Salvesen
Votes: 1,283
NORWAY | Status: nominated
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30. Segurista (1996)
111 min | Drama
By day, Karen is an insurance saleswoman in Manila, but by night she works as an escort in a club. She is very successful at selling insurance to her escort clients. On the weekends she ... See full summary »
Director: Tikoy Aguiluz | Stars: Michelle Aldana, Gary Estrada, Ruby Moreno, Albert Martinez
Votes: 168
PHILIPPINES | Status: submitted
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31. Cwal (1996)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In the early 1950s, a 10-year-old boy moves to Warsaw to stay with his bourgeois aunt. In spite of harsh Stalinist times, they are both fascinated by horses.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Maja Komorowska, Bartosz Obuchowicz, Karolina Wajda, Piotr Adamczyk
Votes: 357
POLAND | Status: submitted
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32. State of Things (1995)
89 min | Drama
A story of revolution, betrayal, corruption and wrongful imprisonment, as well as human character and strength while facing them.
Director: Stere Gulea | Stars: Oana Pellea, Mircea Rusu, Dan Condurache, Razvan Vasilescu
Votes: 170
ROMANIA | Status: submitted
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33. Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
R | 99 min | Drama, War
Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.
Director: Sergei Bodrov | Stars: Oleg Menshikov, Sergey Bodrov, Susanna Mekhraliyeva, Jemal Sikharulidze
Votes: 4,752 | Gross: $0.66M
RUSSIA | Status: nominated
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34. Felix (1996)
87 min | Drama
This is a film about ordinary civilians, who on June 26, 1991, the day when war broke out in former Yugoslavia, find themselves in Slovenia. The main character of the story is an 11-... See full summary »
Director: Bozo Sprajc | Stars: Dejan Acimovic, Ivo Ban, Peter Benedejcic, Janez Hocevar
Votes: 19
SLOVENIA | Status: submitted
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35. Bwana (1996)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
Antonio, a taxi driver, his wife, and two chidren arrive one fine afternoon at a solitary beach, looking for sea-shells. However, they will find more than expected: namely, Ombasi and Yambo... See full summary »
Director: Imanol Uribe | Stars: Andrés Pajares, María Barranco, Emilio Buale, Alejandro Martínez
Votes: 397
SPAIN | Status: submitted
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36. Jerusalem (1996)
PG-13 | 168 min | Drama
The beginning of the 20th century. Gertrud and Ingmar are in love with each other. While Ingmar is away during the winter, a religious wave spreads in the area. Also Gertrud becomes a ... See full summary »
Director: Bille August | Stars: Maria Bonnevie, Ulf Friberg, Pernilla August, Lena Endre
Votes: 1,563
SWEDEN | Status: submitted
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37. The Lambs (1996)
90 min | Drama
In a village of the French Juras, Daniel, 15, and Marie, 14, live in the shadow of their brutal, domineering father, who can only express his love through violence. When their mother dies, ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Schüpbach | Stars: Richard Berry, Brigitte Roüan, Julia Maraval, Alexis Tomassian
Votes: 17
SWITZERLAND | Status: submitted
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38. Jin tian bu hui jia (1996)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
It all starts on Mr. Chen's 60th birthday. To a semi-retired dentist, still physically fit and full of charisma, reaching 60 is not the best of news. His wife constantly says he is now an ... See full summary »
Director: Sylvia Chang | Stars: Sihung Lung, Ah-Lei Gua, Winston Chao, Rene Liu
Votes: 108
THAILAND | Status: submitted
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39. Gone, Gone, Forever Gone (1996)
85 min | Drama
A pair of estranged brothers finally reconcile thanks to the machinations of their sister, a Buddhist nun.
Director: Quang Minh Hô | Stars: Phuong Dung Ho, Phuc Hoang, Tuân Anh Lê
Votes: 8
VIETNAM | Status: submitted
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