The Sea Inside

77th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Winner
The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)
2004
Spain
Color
Directed by Alejandro Amenábar

Plot: The real-life story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30 year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.

Theme: Biography, Sickness

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The Chorus

77th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
The Chorus (Les choristes)
2004
France
Color
Directed by Christophe Barratier

Plot: The new teacher at a severely administered boys' boarding school works to positively effect the students' lives through music.

Theme: Music

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Downfall

77th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
Downfall (Der Untergang)
2004
Germany
Color
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel

Plot: Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

Theme: WWII, Nazi

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