BEST FRENCH
AND FOREIGN MOVIES SEEN IN 2012
(A
few were produced in 2010-11 but released in the US in 2012)
American Title Original Title Country
of Origin
Director My Rating
Holy Motors Holy Motors France Leos Carax ****
The Turin Horse Le Cheval de Turin Hungary-France Bela Tarr ****
We have a Pope Habemus Papam Italy-France Nanni Moretti ****
Essential Killings '''' Poland-France Jerzy Skolimowsky ****
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Turkey Nuri Bilge Ceylan ****
House of Pleasures L’Apolllonide France Bertrand Bonello ****
Pater Pater France Alain Cavalier ****
The Skin We Live In La Piel Que Habito Spain
Pedro Almodovar ***½
Farewell to My Queen Les Adieux à la Reine France Benoit Jacquot ***½
A Separation
Jodai-E-Nader Az Simin Iran Asghar Farrhadi *** ½
Searching for Sugarman “” ” Sweden-UK Malik
Bendjelloul *** ½
Take Shelter '' '' U.S.A Jeff Nichols *** ½
Cosmopolis '' '' U.S.A David Cronenberg *** ½
Beloved
Les Bien Aimés France Christophe Honoré *** ½
Beasts Of The Southern Wild “
“ U.S.A Ben Zeitlin ***
Night and Day “ “” Korea Hong Sang Soo ***
Argo
“ “” U.S.A Ben Affleck ***
Declaration of War La Guerre Est Déclarée France Valérie Donzelli ***
Camille Rewinds Camille redouble France Noémie Lvovski ***
Pina
'' '' Germany Wim Wenders ***
Moonrise Kingdom ‘’ ‘’ U.S.A Wes Anderson ***
The Kid With A Bike Le Gamin au Vélo Belgium Dardenne Brothers ***
Looking For Hortense Cherchez Hortense France Pascal Bonitzer ***
Ramparts ‘’ ‘’ U.S.A Oren Moverman ***
Goodbye First Love Un Amour de Jeunesse France Mia Hansen Love ***
A Burning Summer Un Été
Brulant France Philippe Garrel ***
Notes : Only
10 films are produced and shot in
France (Holy Motors, L’Apollonide, Pater, Les Adieux à la Reine, La Guerre est
Déclarée, Camille Redouble, Cherchez Hortense, Un Amour de Jeunesse, Un été
Brulant).. 4
are French co-productions shot mainly in foreign countries (Turin Horse,
Habemus Papam, Mysteries of Lisbon, Essential Killings).
Most
films are available, or will be in 2013, on NETFLIX.
