This is for the 2008 awards ceremony, 2007 movies in the category of Best Foreign Film, which finally was closed out when we saw Katyn.
I have to digress just a bit here. When people ask what movie I recently saw, and I say , "Oh a foreign film..." they inevitably hear me say "porn film." So I am having to enunciate and make foreign tow syllables..."For-in." Now c'mon... I know I have a reputation, but seriously...I watch a lot of For-IN movies too!
Anyway the nominees for best foreign film are: Beaufort from Israel, The Counterfeiters from Austria, Katyn from Poland, Mongol from Kazakhstan and 12 from Russia. The Academy picked The Counterfeiters.
Never really got into Beaufort. While good, I did not feel any connection to the story or characters. 12 was again very good, but it did not have the flow, and was overly long. Both Katyn and Mongol were excellent, and Mongol will have a second part chronicling the rise of Genghis Khan. But nothing else could compare to The Counterfeiters. They win the Andrew Award for Best Foreign Film.
This movie was all you could want from a movie. Deeply moving, made you thing, a compelling situation (based on truth). Moral dilemmas are faced by the residents of a German concentration camps: live and help the Nazis by making counterfeit money to weaken the British economy, or die for not helping. The Counterfeiters was a masterpiece in every way.
All these films deserve watching. I love that I can so many of these films on Netflix...watching the movies gives you a different world view, and I like seeing things from a new standpoint.
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