Films for English Speakers

A biography of the British author and playwright, Oscar Wilde, centered on his relationship with his lover Lord Alfred Douglas.

Pasolini’s second film is a neo-realistic look at the cruelty of society. Anna Magnani brings her tragic quality to the role of “Mamma Roma”, a former prostitute with bourgeois aspirations. Her hopes are shattered when she encounters the man who used to be her pimp. 

In one of her first roles that will define her cinematic persona as a strong minded independent woman, Anna Magnani is Elida, a greengrocer, in love with the fishmonger next to her stand, who in turn is infatuated with someone else. 

All Robert wants today is to get to the audition that might just change his life forever on time. Despite all his attempts to achieve this goal, everything and anything that can go wrong does. Misfortune seems to be chasing him down….

A rural area of Romania, post-WWII. The history of the Moromete family after the war and the rise of communism to power – a situation that leads to existential anxiety, questions about the future, and conflicts between the father and the son over their different approaches to life.

Maddalena, a former prostitute, returns to the island of her childhood. Though she is welcomed with open arms by her sister, the other residents are less than friendly. She tries to shield her sister from her abusive local diver, but the island’s volcano will also have its say. 

Beirut - a dispute between neighbors over the repair of a gutter escalates into a legal and national conflict. The result is a brilliant combination of drama and irony and one of the best films of recent years. 

An African high school teacher flees his war-torn country for France, where he falls in love with a French woman, who offers a roof for him and his family. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun offers a humane and unsentimental view of immigration and refugees.

Félicité is the inspirational story of an independent woman determined to save her son. On her journey through Kinshasa, Félicité encounters magical worlds, and crosses social boundaries.   

When an African American musical prodigy sets off on a tour of 1960s American South, he enlists the services of an Italian American bouncer. The meeting between these vastly different men, on the backdrop of racial tensions, blossoms into a beautiful friendship. Oscar winner for Best Film.