Foreign Language Film Submissions to the 63rd Academy Awards held in 1991 to get an Oscar Nomination in the Best Non-English Movie Category
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1. I, the Worst of All (1990)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
This fact-based film examines the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Assumpta Serna), a Roman Catholic nun from Mexico City who, in the midst of the Spanish Inquisition, established herself... See full summary »
Director: María Luisa Bemberg | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Dominique Sanda, Héctor Alterio, Lautaro Murúa
Votes: 719 | Gross: $0.05M
ARGENTINA | Status: submitted
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2. Requiem for Dominic (1990)
R | 85 min | Drama
A drama between revolution and order, captured partly on film, partly on video adding to the gritty reality of the time, place and events as they unfolds in Eastern Europe as the "Iron Curtain" collapsed.
Director: Robert Dornhelm | Stars: Felix Mitterer, Viktoria Schubert, August Schmölzer, Angelica Schütz
Votes: 94
AUSTRIA | Status: submitted
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3. Margarit i Margarita (1989)
92 min | Drama
Margarit and Margarita are high school senior students. They are madly in love. And so proud and independent that they are often in trouble with their parents and teachers. They quit school... See full summary »
Director: Nikolay Volev | Stars: Irini Jambonas, Hristo Shopov, Rashko Mladenov, Vassil Mihajlov
Votes: 576
BULGARIA | Status: submitted
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4. Une histoire inventée (1990)
100 min | Drama
An irresistible woman, Florence, dragging her last 50 disconsolate lovers behind her. A trumpet in the end of his career, loved by Florence and the only one who had refuse her. An amateur ... See full summary »
Director: André Forcier | Stars: Jean Lapointe, Louise Marleau, Charlotte Laurier, Marc Messier
Votes: 159
CANADA | Status: submitted
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5. La Luna en el Espejo (1990)
75 min | Drama
A sailor prostrate in his bed maintains control of his home and his son through mirrors hung around him.
Director: Silvio Caiozzi | Stars: Gloria Münchmeyer, Rafael Benavente, Ernesto Beadle, Mónica Echeverría
Votes: 190
CHILE | Status: submitted
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6. Ju Dou (1990)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance
In rural China, the young bride of a tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business finds temporary solace in the arms of her husband's nephew, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.
Directors: Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang | Stars: Gong Li, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi
Votes: 9,021 | Gross: $1.99M
CHINA | Status: nominated
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7. La bella del Alhambra (1989)
108 min | Musical, Drama
Story shows the genesis of the career and the rise of Esther the most beloved actress of most popular theater in Havana at the turn of the 19th century.
Director: Enrique Pineda Barnet | Stars: Beatriz Valdés, Omar Valdés, César Évora, Carlos Cruz
Votes: 114
CUBA | Status: submitted
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8. Vojtech, receny sirotek (1990)
80 min | Drama
Director: Zdenek Tyc | Stars: Petr Forman, Barbora Lukesová, Jana Riháková, Vlastimil Zavrel
Votes: 41
CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Status: submitted
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9. Dance of the Polar Bears (1990)
89 min | Drama, Family
Lasse is 12 years old and not the most eager schoolboy. In fact, he's a bit of a mess. This is abruptly changed when his mother leaves Lasse's father and moves in with a wealthy dentist. ... See full summary »
Director: Birger Larsen | Stars: Anders Schoubye, Tommy Kenter, Birthe Neumann, Paul Hüttel
Votes: 351
DENMARK | Status: submitted
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10. Alexandria: Again and Forever (1989)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
During a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Yehia, a famous Egyptian director, finds himself obsessed with Amir, the leading man in one of his movies, and Nadia, a woman he desires to work with.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Youssra, Youssef Chahine, Hussein Fahmy, Amr Abdulgalil
Votes: 803
EGYPT | Status: submitted
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11. The Winter War (1989)
199 min | Drama, History, War
In 1939, two Finnish brothers are conscripted in the army to fight in the war between Finland and the Soviet Union.
Director: Pekka Parikka | Stars: Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Heikki Paavilainen
Votes: 8,730
FINLAND | Status: submitted
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12. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
PG | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez, Jacques Weber
Votes: 25,951 | Gross: $15.14M
FRANCE | Status: nominated
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13. The Nasty Girl (1990)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, History
When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.
Director: Michael Verhoeven | Stars: Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner, Elisabeth Bertram
Votes: 2,759 | Gross: $2.28M
GERMANY | Status: nominated
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14. Erotas sti hourmadia (1990)
82 min | Comedy, Romance
Best friends Panagiotis and Giannis are looking for a date tree in Peloponnese to prove the innocence or guilt of Panagiotis' wife, who may or may not have been Giannis' lover.
Director: Stavros Tsiolis | Stars: Argyris Bakirtzis, Lazaros Andreou, Dora Masklavanou, Vina Asiki
Votes: 300
GREECE | Status: submitted
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15. Eight Taels of Gold (1989)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Chinese ex-pat returns to his home town in China after a long absence in New York.
Director: Mabel Cheung | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Sylvia Chang, Lawrence Ah-Mon, Man-Kuen Chan
Votes: 292
HONG KONG | Status: submitted
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16. Kicsi, de nagyon erös (1990)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Pabar Bogor has been imprisoned for burglary, but since they can not find enough evidence against him, he's released after a serving a year. Bognar seems to be takes a job at a factory, ... See full summary »
Director: Ferenc Grunwalsky | Stars: Sándor Gáspár, Ágnes Csere, János Bán, Péter Blaskó
Votes: 33
HUNGARY | Status: submitted
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17. Ævintýri Pappírs Pésa (1990)
81 min | Family, Fantasy
Follows the adventure of a group of kids and a paper boy named Peter. Plane ride, box car racing and bad neighbors are all included.
Director: Ari Kristinsson | Stars: Sigríður Þórdís Bergsdóttir, Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir, Ingólfur Guðvarðarson, Högni Snær Hauksson
Votes: 45
ICELAND | Status: submitted
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18. Anjali (1990)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama
After a few years, Chitra learns that her child, who was believed to be dead, is alive but is suffering from a mental illness. However, her family faces many challenges while looking after her child.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Shamili, Revathi, Raghuvaran, Tarun
Votes: 3,177
INDIA | Status: submitted
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19. Langitku Rumahku (1990)
103 min | Drama
This is a story about two boys, Andri and Gempol. Andri is rich, educated but unhappy. Lonely and neglected by his parents, he befriends Gempol whose parents are too poor to send him to ... See full summary »
Director: Slamet Rahardjo | Stars: Baron Ahmadi, Soenaryo Banyu Biru, Pitradjaya Burnama, Karsiman Gada
Votes: 37
INDONESIA | Status: submitted
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20. Shuroo (1990)
85 min | Comedy
Comedy about life among Tel Aviv's 30-something bourgeoisie is nothing if not proof that self-absorbed, would-be hipsters are the same the world over. The central character is Asher, an ... See full summary »
Director: Savi Gabizon | Stars: Moshe Ivgy, Sharon Hacohen, Sinai Peter, Keren Mor
Votes: 128
ISRAEL | Status: submitted
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21. Open Doors (1990)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama
A principled judge faces a case that society demands capital punishment for.
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Ennio Fantastichini, Renato Carpentieri, Tuccio Musumeci
Votes: 1,001 | Gross: $0.12M
ITALY | Status: nominated
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22. The Sting of Death (1990)
115 min | Drama
Period drama set in the 1950's about a couple isolating themselves from the outside world as they attempt to salvage their faltering marriage, no matter what the costs, after the husband has an affair.
Director: Kôhei Oguri | Stars: Keiko Matsuzaka, Ittoku Kishibe, Midori Kiuchi, Takenori Matsumura
Votes: 382
JAPAN | Status: submitted
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23. Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
R | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A handful of survivors from a disastrous 1528 Spanish expedition to Florida journey across the coast until they reach Mexico.
Director: Nicolás Echevarría | Stars: Juan Diego, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Roberto Sosa, Carlos Castañón
Votes: 1,201 | Gross: $0.79M
MEXICO | Status: submitted
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24. Evenings (1989)
122 min | Biography, Drama
Frits van Egters' life in the last ten days of the year 1946.
Director: Rudolf van den Berg | Stars: Thom Hoffman, Rijk de Gooyer, Viviane de Muynck, Pierre Bokma
Votes: 571
NETHERLANDS | Status: submitted
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25. Herman (1990)
88 min | Drama, Family
"Herman", based on Lars Saabye Christensen's novel of the same name, tells the story of the young boy Herman who suddenly loses his hair and becomes bald at the age of eleven. Movie follows... See full summary »
Director: Erik Gustavson | Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Frank Robert, Elisabeth Sand, Kai Remlov
Votes: 549
NORWAY | Status: submitted
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26. Caídos del cielo (1990)
121 min | Drama, Romance
3 entwined stories set in Lima in the conflict marked 8Os: An elderly couple loses their child. A broadcaster shelters a depressed woman. A blind woman exploits her poor grandsons.
Director: Francisco J. Lombardi | Stars: Gustavo Bueno, Diana Quijano, Leontina Antonina, Carlos Gassols
Votes: 284
PERU | Status: submitted
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27. Korczak (1990)
Unrated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, War
The last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Dr. Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Marzena Trybala
Votes: 1,596
POLAND | Status: submitted
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28. O Processo do Rei (1990)
91 min | Drama, History
At the time Portugal presented a strange spectacle to the rest of Europe. D. Afonso VI, son of the fortunate D. João de Bragança, was in possession of the throne and was an insane imbecile.... See full summary »
Director: João Mário Grilo | Stars: Carlos Daniel, Aurelle Doazan, Antonino Solmer, Carlos Martins Medeiros
Votes: 79
PORTUGAL | Status: submitted
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29. Carnival Scenes (1981)
119 min | Comedy, Drama
A small world of bourgeois intrigues and frivolities lived with intensity by its own protagonists: Pampon's lover, Didina is in love with the barber Nae, who is Mitza's lover, while she is ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Victor Rebengiuc, Mariana Mihut, Petrica Gheorghiu, Tora Vasilescu
Votes: 972
ROMANIA | Status: submitted
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30. Mayumi (1990)
110 min | Drama
Two North Korean terrorists posing as Japanese tourists under the names of Shin Icho and Ma Yumi, blow up a Korean Airline flight enroute to Baghdad, Iraq. When investigators catch up with ... See full summary »
Director: Shin Sang-ok | Stars: Sora Jung, Hak-jae Lee, Shin Seong-il, George Kennedy
Votes: 38
SOUTH KOREA | Status: submitted
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31. Taxi Blues (1990)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedic love/hate relationship develops between a dour taxi driver and a hapless aspiring musician after the latter stiffs his cab fare.
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Pyotr Mamonov, Pyotr Zaychenko, Vladimir Kashpur, Natalya Kolyakanova
Votes: 1,997 | Gross: $0.17M
SOVIET UNION | Status: submitted
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32. Oh, Carmela! (1990)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, War
During the Spanish Civil War, a group of comics lightens the days of the Republican troops. Tired of life in the front lines, they make their way to Valencia, accidentally entering enemy land and falling prisoner.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Carmen Maura, Andrés Pajares, Gabino Diego, Armando De Razza
Votes: 3,336 | Gross: $0.30M
SPAIN | Status: submitted
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33. God afton, herr Wallenberg (1990)
Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, War
A story of how a Swedish diplomat saved thousands of Hungarian Jews during the final months of World War II.
Director: Kjell Grede | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Katharina Thalbach, Károly Eperjes, Miklós Székely B.
Votes: 1,050
SWEDEN | Status: submitted
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34. Journey of Hope (1990)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Drama
The story of a poor Turkish family who try to emigrate illegally to Switzerland.
Director: Xavier Koller | Stars: Necmettin Çobanoglu, Nur Sürer, Emin Sivas, Erdinç Akbas
Votes: 2,251 | Gross: $0.26M
SWITZERLAND | Status: won
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35. Song of the Exile (1990)
100 min | Drama
After the Sino-Japanese War, Kwei Dz, one of the family members of Japanese soldiers accepted a Chinese officer's proposal and remained in China. Later they had a daughter named Ann. The ... See full summary »
Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Maggie Cheung, Siu-Kwong Chung, Tan Lang Jachi Tian, Waise Lee
Votes: 558
TAIWAN | Status: submitted
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36. Nawng mia (1990)
107 min | Drama
The film focuses on the lives of three boat people on Chao Phraya - Sang, Prang and Tubtim - who load sand from Chainart, a province near Bangkok and float it downstream to unload at a sand... See full summary »
Director: Chatrichalerm Yukol | Stars: Chatchai Plengpanich, Passorn Boonyakiart, Pattamawan Kaomoolkadee
Votes: 43
THAILAND | Status: submitted
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37. Time of Miracles (1989)
98 min | Drama, Mystery
In September 1945, a fire burns down the school and the new Communist authorities get into the church, hang the flag of the Communist Party, and paint over frescoes--which miraculously restore themselves.
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Dragan Maksimovic, Mirjana Karanovic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic
Votes: 586
YUGOSLAVIA | Status: submitted
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