AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS

GENRE:  Foreign/ Drama/ War
MADE:  1987
CAST:  Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Frejto, Francine Racette
DIRECTOR:  Louis Malle
WRITER:  Louis Malle

PLOT:  Set during World War II in a French boarding school for boys, Julien and Jean rival at first become good friends as time goes on.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Stand By Me, Sleepers, About A Boy

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GOD IS GREAT, I'M NOT

GENRE:  Foreign, Comedy, Romance
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu
DIRECTOR:  Pascale Bailly
WRITER:  Alain Tasma, Pascale Bailly, Marcia Romano

PLOT:  Michele is looking for faith and spirituality when she meets Francois who is Jewish.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  He Loves Me He Loves Me Not, Pretty Devils, Happenstance

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LES DIABOLIQUES

GENRE:  Crime/ Mystery/ Thriller/ Foreign
MADE:  1955
CAST:  Simon Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse
DIRECTOR:  Henri-Georges Clouzot
WRITER:  Pierre Bouileau, Thomas Narcejac and...

PLOT:  Set in a boys private school in France the wife of a hated headmaster and his mistress plot to kill him.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Diabolique, Dial "M" For Murder, What Lies Beneath

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BREAD AND TULIPS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston
DIRECTOR:  Silvio Soldini
WRITER:  Silvio Soldini, Doriana Leondeff

PLOT:  Rosalba Barletta is in a loveless marriage with two kids, in the middle of a family trip to Greece Rosalba finds herself stranded and decides to go on her own impromptu vacation that turns into a life changing experience.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  A Walk In The Clouds, 2 Days In Paris, Before Sunrise

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THE LEGEND OF THE FIST: THE RETURN OF CHEN ZHEN

GENRE:  Action/ Drama/ Martial-Arts/ Foreign
MADE:  2010
CAST:  Donnie Yen, Qi Shu
DIRECTOR:  Wai-Keung Lau
WRITER:  Gordon Chan

PLOT:  In Japanese occupied Shanghai Chen Zhen who was rumored to have been dead for some time reappears under an alias to help fight against the Japanese.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Iron Monkey, Ip Man, Tai Chi Master

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LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE

GENRE:  Foreign/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  1992
CAST:  Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne
DIRECTOR:  Alfonso Arau
WRITER:  Laura Esquivel

PLOT:  In old Mexico when the eldest daughter were married off and the youngest daughter would care for the family, Tita is forbidden to love and marry and must watch as her lover get married to her older sister.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Love In The Time Of Cholera, A Walk In The Clouds, Madame Bovary, Chocolat

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LA FEMME NIKITA

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Romance/ Foreign
MADE:  1990
CAST:  Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana
DIRECTOR:  Luc Besson
WRITER:  Luc Besson

PLOT:  When Nikita must choose between prison and being trained as a secret spy and assassin, she chooses to be trained as a secret spy instead.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Leon: The Professional, Taken, Run Lola Run

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HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS

GENRE:  Action/ Martial Arts/ Adventure/ Drama/ Foreign
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau
DIRECTOR:  Yimou Zhang
WRITER:  Bin Wang, Yimou Zhang, Feng Li

PLOT:  Captain Jin frees the beautiful Xiao Mei who was being held captive only to find that things aren't what they seem.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Tai-Chi Master, Fearless

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DRUNKEN MASTER

GENRE:  Comedy/ Action
MADE:  1978
CAST:  Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Jang Lee Hwang
DIRECTOR:  Woo-ping Yuen
WRITER:  See-Yuen Ng, Woo-ping Yuen, Lung Hsiao

PLOT:  wong Fei-Hung trains in the martial arts style Drunken Fist style to stop an assassin.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Legend Of Drunken Master, Ip Man, Fearless

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MICMACS

GENRE:  Foreign/ Comedy/ Crime
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Dany Boon, Andre Dussollier, Nicolas Marie, Yolande Moreau, Dominique Pinon
DIRECTOR:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
WRITER:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant,

PLOT:  When Bazil loses his father to a mine then receives a non-fatal bullet to the brain he becomes determined to bring down the weapons manufacturers.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Delicatessen, Amelie, The City Of Lost Children, A Very Long Engagement

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IRREVERSIBLE

GENRE:  Foreign/ Crime/ Drama/ Mystery
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel
DIRECTOR:  Gaspar Noe
WRITER:  Gaspar Noe

PLOT:  The course of a night when Alex is brutally raped and beaten which then leads her boyfriend and ex-boyfriend to track down the man and murder him is shown in chronological reverse order.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  2046, Kids, Antichrist, Malena

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13 ASSASSINS

GENRE:  Action/ Drama/ Foreign
MADE:  2010
CAST:  Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yusuke Iseya
DIRECTOR:  Takashi Miike
WRITER:  Kaneo Ikegami, Daisuke Tengan

PLOT:  When the evil and brutal murderer Lord Naritsugu is said to come into power by the Shogun a group of 13 assassins take on the mission to put him to rest.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Ip Man, The Three Musketeers, The Last Samurai

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2046

GENRE:  Foreign/ Drama/ Fantasy/ Romance
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Faye Wong
DIRECTOR:  Wong Kar Wai
WRITER:  Wong Kar Wai

PLOT:  A writer who writes about the future derives his stories from things that have happened in the past.  The best of Wong Kar Wai's work, a non-linear story about one's self, the truth and love.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  In The Mood For Love, My Blueberry Nights, Chungking Express

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THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery/ Foreign
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre
DIRECTOR:  Daniel Alfredson
WRITER:  Jonas Frykberg, Stieg Larsson

PLOT:  Journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander investigate a sex-trafficking ring when Mikael's main journalist on the assignment is murdered and Lisbeth is blamed for the murders.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Sherlock Holmes

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