The Oscar Foreign Film shortlist was announced, and I only got one* prediction right!
Here are the nine films still in the running:
Algeria, Hors la Loi (Outside the Law), Rachid Bouchareb, director
Canada, Incendies, Denis Villeneuve, director
Denmark, In a Better World, Susanne Bier, director
Greece, Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos, director
Japan, Confessions, Tetsuya Nakashima, director
*Mexico, Biutiful, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, director
South Africa, Life, Above All, Oliver Schmitz, director
Spain, Tambien la Lluvia (Even the Rain), Iciar Bollain, director
Sweden, Simple Simon, Andreas Ohman, director
"The biggest surprise on the list is that Greece’s incest-filled, psychological torture film Dogtooth made the cut."
-- Those crazy Greeks! (I'm sure it won't make the final five by the staid Oscar committee).
"The shortlist will be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles. They will spend Friday, January 21, through Sunday, January 23, viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots."
-- Now that's my idea of a great weekend!
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