Foreign Film Frequency

"Those Whom Death Refused", is how the title of today's movie is often translater. Join us as we head to West Africa to discuss the 1988 war drama 'Mortu Nega' from Guinea-Bissau, directed by Flora Gomes and written by Gomes, Manuel Rambout Barcelos and David Lang. Set in the last months of the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence and first months of new-found freedom from Portuguese colonial rule, t...

We head to Africa - more specifically the country of Chad - to watch the the 2006 drama 'Daratt' or 'Dry Season', written and directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun. Join us as we discuss this classic revenge/reconciliation story, inspired by themes found in Mozart's "La clemenza di Tito". Check out our website www.foreignfilmpod.com and follow us on Instagram, BlueSky and YouTube @ForeignFilmPod to kee...

In this episode, we journey to Lebanon. Join us as we discuss the the 1998 war comedy drama "West Beyrouth" (or sometimes written "West Beirut"), written and directed by Ziad Doueiri. This is a fascinating and touching story of the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War, told through the eyes of children. We hope you'll enjoy it! Check out our website www.foreignfilmpod.com and follow us on Instagram,...

The Academy Awards are once again upon us! For this special episode, Nikola is out of the studio, so Nicolai is instead joined by his wife, Linda, to talk about this years nominees in the Best International Feature Film category. Let us know what you think about this years nominees. Do you agree with us? Find us here: https://linktr.ee/foreignfilmpod Follow us on Instagram, BlueSky and YouTube @Fo...

Join us for our roughest watch so far, as we discuss the heartwrenching 1981 biographical drama film 'Christiane F.' from Germany, written by Herman Weigel, based on the book "Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F." by Kai Hermann and Horst Rieck, directed by Uli Edel, and with music of none other than David Bowie. Find us and listen to the full episode: linktr.ee/foreignfilmpod Follow us on Blue...

We journey undergound to the dark and twisted world of the Budapest Metro! Join us as we watch the amazing 2003 dark comedy/thriller 'Kontroll' from Hungary, written by Jim Adler and Nimród Antal, directed by Nimród Antal, and with music by the Hungarian indie-electronic band “NEO”. Find us and listen to the full episode: linktr.ee/foreignfilmpod Follow us on BlueSky, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube an...

We head to South America - Paraguay, more specifically - to watch the 2012 drama/thriller, 7 Boxes (7 Cajas), directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori, written by Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tito Chamorro and Tana Schémbori, and staring Celso Franco, Víctor Sosa, Lali Gonzalez and many, many more! Find us and listen to the full episode: linktr.ee/foreignfilmpod Follow us on BlueSky, Instagram...

Join Nicolai and Nikola as they travel to North Korea to watch the 1985 (or 86?) Kanji-Monster movie “Pulgasari”, directed by Shin Sang-ok and written by Se Ryun Kim. While the movie itself leaves much to be desired, it's hard to find a movie with a more interesting and shocking backstory! Find us and listen to the full episode: linktr.ee/foreignfilmpod Follow us on BlueSky, Instagram, TikTok, You...

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And we're off! First stop on our journey is Belgium! And for the first movie we start off HARD with the cult 1992 Black Comedy, Crime/Slasher, Mockumentary, “Man Bites Dog”, written by, produced by, directed by, and staring: Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde.