1. "Un cuento chino" - Argentina (Eng. “Chinese Take-Away”)
Directed by Sebastián Borensztein, staring Ricardo Darín, Huang Sheng Huang, Muriel Santa Ana, Enric Rodriguez and Ivan Romanelli, 2011.
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In Buenos Aires, the bitter and methodic Roberto is a lonely man and the owner of a hardware store. One day, Roberto sees a Chinese man named Jun being expelled from a taxi and he helps the man to stand up. Jun does not speak Spanish and shows a tattoo with an address on his arm. Roberto heads to the spot with Jun only to discover that Jun's uncle had sold it three and half years ago. Roberto goes with Jun to the police station, to the Chinese embassy to seek out his uncle but it is a fruitless search. Roberto lodges Jun in his house and after a series of incidents, he finds a delivery boy to translate Jun and he learns the dramatic story of his life.
2. "Comme un chef" - France (Eng. “The Chef”)
Directed by Daniel Cohen, staring Jean Reno and Michaël Youn, 2012.
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The Chef - Jacky thinks his problems have been solved when he scores an unpaid cooking job at a luxury restaurant. But the head chef is facing a crisis of his own, when the new owner tries to replace him.
3. “Kokowaah” - Germany
Directed by Til Schewiger, staring Til Schweiger, Emma Schweiger, Jasmin Great, 2011.
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Henry, an unlucky-in-love writer, gets the chance of a lifetime to co-write the screenplay of a best-selling novel. However his co-writer is Katharina, the love of Henry’s life. Just as he is about to have a second chance with her, an eight-year-old child from a long-forgotten one night stand turns upon on his doorstep, with consequences for everyone.
4. “Bikur Ha-Tizmoret” - Israel (It. “La banda”; Eng. “The Band’s Visit”)
Directed by Eran Kolirin, staring Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz and Saleh Bakri, 2007.
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A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab cultural centre, only to find themselves stranded, penniless and still wearing their sky blue uniforms in the middle of nowhere. Winner of three awards at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
5. “Raye Makhfi” - Iran (It. “Il voto segreto”; Eng.“Secret Ballot”)
Directed by Babak Payami, staing Cyrus Abidi and Nassim Abdi, 2001.
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This beautifully-shot, prize-winning film takes a wry look at the difficulties of making democracy work in present day Iran. A soldier is stationed on a deserted beach when an electoral urn lands via parachute from the sky and a young woman turns up to collect it. To the soldier's surprise, the woman is in charge of the mobile electoral seat and voting on the island, so therefore he is obliged to obey her orders and accompany her as she collects votes. As they spend the day together and get through absurd situations, the soldier realises that the urn contains much more than he imagined.
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