From a tender look at boyhood friendships to a beautifully shot film about a curious donkey and a Norwegian romcom that will totally subvert your views of the genre, here are six brilliant foreign language films to watch this weekend.Romcoms have gotten a bad rap in recent years but this movie will make you completely change your mind about the genre.
brought home the gold for best international feature, best cinematography, best original score and best production design. A grim, disquieting film based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel of the same name, it tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Throughout the film, Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives – and each other’s – in the trenches.