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Christopher "Kai" Lichti

Chris Lichti's Foreign Film Night

I sometimes host an Obscure Foreign Film Night, showing a foreign film and providing food from the same country as the film. Here are some selections from past foreign film nights:

    Esperando
  1. Esperando al Mesías (Waiting for the Messiah)
  2. Director: Daniel Burman
  3. Country: Argentina
  4. Runtime: 98 minutes
  5. Language: Spanish, Yidish

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Run_lola_run
  1. Run, Lola, Run
  2. Director: Tom Tykwer
  3. Country: Germany
  4. Runtime: 76 minutes
  5. Language: German

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Solaris
  1. Solaris
  2. Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
  3. Country: Russia
  4. Runtime: 165 minutes
  5. Language: Russian

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    The_eye
  1. The Eye
  2. Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
  3. Country: Hong Kong
  4. Runtime: 99 minutes
  5. Language: Cantonese

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Das_boot
  1. Das Boot
  2. Director: Wolfgang Petersen
  3. Country: Germany
  4. Runtime: 209 minutes
  5. Language: German

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Paradise_now
  1. Paradise Now
  2. Director: Hany Abu-Assad
  3. Country: Israel
  4. Runtime: 90 minutes
  5. Language: Arabic

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Shall_we_dance
  1. Shall We Dance
  2. Director: Masayuki Suo
  3. Country: Japan
  4. Runtime: 136 minutes
  5. Language: Japanese

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Lagaan
  1. Lagaan
  2. Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
  3. Country: India
  4. Runtime: 224 minutes
  5. Language: Hindi, English, Bhojpuri

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Spring_summer
  1. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
  2. Director: Kim Ki-duk
  3. Country: Japan
  4. Runtime: 103 minutes
  5. Language: Japanese

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Battle_royale
  1. Battle Royale
  2. Director: Kinji Fukasaku
  3. Country: Japan
  4. Runtime: 114 minutes
  5. Language: Japanese

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Il_mare
  1. il Mare
  2. Director: Lee Hyun-seung
  3. Country: South Korea
  4. Runtime: 105 minutes
  5. Language: Korean

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Nang_nak
  1. Nang Nak
  2. Director: Nonzee Nimibutr
  3. Country: Thailand
  4. Runtime: 100 minutes
  5. Language: Thai

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Chi_hwa_seon
  1. Chi-hwa-seon
  2. Director: Im Kwon-taek
  3. Country: South Korea
  4. Runtime: 117 minutes
  5. Language: Korean

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    City_of_god
  1. City of God
  2. Director: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
  3. Country: Brazil
  4. Runtime: 130 minutes
  5. Language: Portuguese

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Dolls
  1. Dolls
  2. Director: Takeshi Kitano
  3. Country: Japan
  4. Runtime: 114 minutes
  5. Language: Japanese

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Himalaya
  1. Himalaya
  2. Director: Eric Valli
  3. Country: Nepal
  4. Runtime: 108 minutes
  5. Language: Tipetan, German

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Aragami
  1. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
  2. Director: Takeshi Kitano
  3. Country: Japan
  4. Runtime: 116 minutes
  5. Language: Japanese

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Sassy_girl
  1. Yeopgijeogin geunyeo (My Sassy Girl)
  2. Director: Kwak Jae-yong
  3. Country: South Korea
  4. Runtime: 137 minutes
  5. Language: Korean

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Shaolin_soccer
  1. Shaolin Soccer
  2. Director: Stephen Chow
  3. Country: Hong Kong
  4. Runtime: 93 minutes
  5. Language: Cantonese

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Rockers
  1. Rockers
  2. Director: Ted Bafaloukos
  3. Country: Jamaica
  4. Runtime: 100 minutes
  5. Language: English (sort of)

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Kaena
  1. Kaena: La prophétie
  2. Director: Chris Delaporte, Pascal Pinon
  3. Country: France
  4. Runtime: 85 minutes
  5. Language: French, English

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Appleseed
  1. Appleseed
  2. Director: Shinji Aramaki
  3. Country: Japan
  4. Runtime: 105 minutes
  5. Language: Japanese

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Last_life
  1. Last Life in the Universe
  2. Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
  3. Country: Thailand
  4. Runtime: 112 minutes
  5. Language: Thai, Japanese, and English (seriously, all three mixed together)

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Parineeta
  1. Parineeta
  2. Director: Pradeep Sarkar
  3. Country: India
  4. Runtime: 130 minutes
  5. Language: Hindi

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia
    Musa
  1. Musa the Warrior
  2. Director: Kim Seong-soo
  3. Country: South Korea
  4. Runtime: 158 minutes
  5. Language: Madarin/Korean

  6. Buy from Amazon

  7. About the film:
    Review   Wikipedia