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City Of Life And Death and Lebanon Among Batch of 69 Picks for Golden Globes Foreign Category
This year, voting members will have to cover 69 picks, and slim it down to a neat five nominations and among the titles worth mentioning that didn’t receive a possibility at an Oscar nomination we have City Of Life And Death and Lebanon. Unfortunately, even this list is imperfect as there is no mention of titles that were big with critics such as Women Without Men, I am Love, Hadewijch.
The Golden Globes do things a little differently than the Oscars when it comes time narrowing down the absolute best in foreign language cinema.
The Hollywood Foreign press do without the politics of one film per country quota, which is great when a smaller nation has a stellar year with at least two worthwhile mentions, and just makes sense for the France film industry who on average, give several reasons to appreciate the 7th art. This year, voting members will have to cover 69 picks, and slim it down to a neat five nominations and among the titles worth mentioning that didn’t receive a possibility at an Oscar nomination we have City Of Life And Death and Lebanon. Unfortunately, even this list is imperfect as there is no mention of titles that were big with critics such as Women Without Men, I am Love, Hadewijch. Here is the complete list of 69 foreign-language films that have been qualified for the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, with the five nominees to be announced on December 15th. A Prophet and The White Ribbon should be leading the pack.:
About Elly (Iran), Ajami (Israel), Baaria (Italy), Backyard (Mexico), Broken Embraces (Spain), Broken Promise (Slovak Republic), Can Not Live Without You (Taiwan), Cell 211 (Spain), Chameleon (Hungary), Chandni Chowk To China (India), Chilango Chronicles (Mexico), City Of Life And Death (China), Coco Before Chanel (France), The Dancer And The Thief (Spain), Dawson, Island 10 (Chile), A Day At The Museum (France), Delhi-6 (India), Donkey (Croatia), Eden Is West (France), For a Moment, Freedom (Austria/France), I Galantuomini (Italy).
The Girl On The Train (France), The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sweden), God’s Offices (France/Belgium), Grandpa Is Dead (Philippines), Grown Ups (France/Sweden), Harishchandrachi Factory (India), Hello Goodbye (France/Israel/Italy), Hipsters (Russia), I Killed My Mother (Canada), I Saw The Sun (Turkey), Il Grande Sogno (Italy
John Rabe (Germany), Lebanon (Israel), Letters To Father Jacob (Finland), London River (Algeria), Louise-Michel (France/Belgium/Luxembourg), Made In Hungaria (Hungary).
The Maid (Chile), Max Manus (Norway), Micmacs (France), The Misfortunates (Belgium), Mother (South Korea), My Queen Karo (Belgium), Nobody To Watch Over Me (Japan) Police, Adjective (Romania), Prank (Hungary), Prince Of Tears (Hong Kong/Taiwan), A Prophet (France) Protektor (Czech Republic), Queen To Play (France/Germany), Refractaire (Draft Dodgers) (Luxembourg), The Reverse (Poland), The Road From Elephant Pass (Sri Lanka), Rudo And Cursi (Mexico), Samson & Delilah (Australia), The Secret Of Her Eyes (Argentina), Secrets Of State (France), Someone I Loved (France/Belgium/Italy), Southern District (Bolivia), Terribly Happy (Denmark), Thirst (South Korea), Vincere (Italy), The Waltz (Italy), Ward No. 6 (Russia), Welcome (France), The White Ribbon (Germany), Winter In Wartime (The Netherlands), With A Little Help From Myself (France).
