Omar

86th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
Omar (عمر)
2013
Palestine
Color
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad

Plot: A young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he's tricked into an admission of guilt by association in the wake of an Israeli soldier's killing.

Theme: Drama, Romance, Thriller

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The Hunt

86th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
The Hunt (Jagten)
2013
Denmark
Color
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg

Plot: A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.

Theme: Crime, Drama, War

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The Broken Circle Breakdown

86th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
The Broken Circle Breakdown
2012
Belgium
Color
Directed by Felix Van Groeningen

Plot: Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial.

Theme: Romance, Music, Drama

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The Great Beauty

86th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Winner
The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza)
2013
Italy
Color
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino

Plot: Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

Theme: Comedy, Drama

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The Missing Picture

86th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
The Missing Picture (L'image manquante)
2013
Cambodia
Color
Directed by Rithy Panh

Plot: Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.

Theme: Documentary

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