Soubin Nath
Here are the nominees for best foreign language film for the 87th Academy Award ceremony! Find out on 22nd of February which film wins this prestigious award...
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Country : Netherlands
Director : Paula van der Oest
A psychological thriller, based on one of the most controversial court cases in the Netherlands. Lucia, a nurse, is sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly having killed at least seven babies and elderly people.
Country : Georgia
Director : George Ovashvili
The river creates and the river destroys in an eternal cycle that even man can't escape.
Country : Sweden
Director : Ruben Östlund
A family on a ski holiday in the French Alps find themselves staring down an avalanche during lunch one day; in the aftermath, their dynamic has been shaken to its core, with a question mark hanging over their patriarch in particular.
Country : Poland
Director : Pawel Pawlikowski
Anna, a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation.
Country : Russia
Director : Andrey Zvyagintsev
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend, Dmitri to help. But the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Country : Estonia
Director : Zaza Urushadze
War in Georgia, Abkhazia region in 1990. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in.
Country : Venezuela
Director : Alberto Arvelo
Simon Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great. His army never conquered -- it liberated.
Country : Mauritania
Director : Abderrahmane Sissako
A look at the brief occupation of Timbuktu by militant Islamic rebels.
Country : Argentina
Director : Damián Szifrón
A story about love deception, the return of the past, a tragedy, or even the violence contained in an everyday detail, appear themselves to push them towards the abyss, into the undeniable pleasure of losing control.
Born and brought up in Kerala, India. Now in Mumbai, India doing first year of my Masters in Film Studies (M.A)..
