The Broken Circle Breakdown, Belgium.
As bluegrass performer Didier and his girlfriend Elise face a family tragedy, the history of their relationship in its early days is revisited. Reluctant at first to let adult responsibilities alter the carefree nature of their lives, Didier and Elise learn that love can sometimes bring both intense joy and great sorrow.
Omar, Palestine
When a trio of young Palestinians decides to kill an Israeli soldier, one of them, a baker named Omar, is arrested and beaten by Israeli intelligence agents. Told that he will be given his freedom if he assists in capturing the man they believe to be the shooter, Omar rejoins his friends and begins to suspect that there is an informant among them.
The Missing Picture, Cambodia
Few images exist of the brutality unleashed on Cambodia by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge following the Kampuchean Revolution in 1975. Using clay figures to stand in for himself, his family and the many Cambodians whose lives were destroyed during the years that followed, Rithy Panh recreates a dark and bloody period in his country’s history.
The Hunt, Denmark
The devastating effects of false accusations of child molestation play out in the life of an innocent kindergarten teacher. Lucas’s rapport with the children in his class has led one little girl, Klara, to develop a crush on him, but her embarrassment when her feelings are revealed leads her to claim that he exposed himself.
and our favorite, of course,
La Grande Bellezza, The Great Beauty, Italy
Jep Gambardella is a well-known journalist whose success has placed him at the center of Rome’s decadent social world. But Jep is also the author of an acclaimed novel, written years ago, and he remains haunted by the career he failed to pursue when he chose the seductive ease of his current life.
I Love Italian Everything 