Pelle the Conqueror

61st Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Winner
Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle Erobreren)
1988
Denmark
Color
Directed by Bille August

Plot: The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find employment at a large farm, but are treated as the lowest form of life. Pelle starts to speak Danish but is still harassed as a foreigner. But none of them wants to give up their dream of finding a better life than the life they left in Sweden. (Written by Mattias Thuresson)

Theme: Drama, Immigration

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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

61st Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios)
1988
Spain
Color
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Plot: A woman's lover leaves her, and she tries to contact him to find out why he's left. She confronts his wife and son, who are as clueless as she. Meanwhile her girlfriend is afraid the police are looking for her because of her boyfriend's criminal activities. They talk to a female lawyer, who turns out to be the lover's new lover, and everyone's path keeps crossing each other's in a very complicated and confusing manner. (Written by Ed Sutton)

Theme: Drama

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