The Lives Of Others

79th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Winner
The Lives Of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
2006
Germany
Color
Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Plot: In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Theme: Communist, Spy

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Pan's Labyrinth

79th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
2006
Mexico
Color
Directed by Guillermo del Toro

Plot: In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

Theme: Fantasy, Fairy Tales, War

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After The Wedding

79th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
After The Wedding (Efter brylluppet)
2006
Denmark
Color
Directed by Susanne Bier

Plot: A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.

Theme: Culture

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Days Of Glory

79th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
Days Of Glory (Indigènes)
2006
Algeria
Color
Directed by Rachid Bouchareb

Plot: During WWII, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from Nazi oppression, and to fight French discrimination.

Theme: WWII, Nazi

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Water

79th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
Water (वाटर)
2006
Canada
Color
Directed by Deepa Mehta

Plot: The film examines the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi. It focuses on a relationship between one of the widows, who wants to escape the social restrictions imposed on widows, and a man who is from the highest caste and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.

Theme: Culture, Tradition

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