Fancy a more sophisticated slice of entertainment to lighten up the last few weekends of lockdown? Here’s our pick of the best foreign language films you might not have seen yet:
Minari, Amazon (to rent)
The extremely moving Minari triggered a bit of a debate when it was first nominated for Best Foreign Film at this year’s Golden Globes, with various Hollywood luminaries protesting that the (largely) Korean-language immigrant story, set in rural Arkansas, deserved to be considered for the main prize. And in many ways, they’re right: you’d be hard-pressed to find a more stirring portrayal of the American dream. Hopefully Lee Isaac Chung, the film’s Colorado-born writer and director, can take some solace in the fact his semi-autobiographical effort at least scooped the prize at hand.
Divines, Netflix
Like a feminist companion to Le Haine, Houda Benyamina’s full-length debut Divines explores the gritty reality of life in Paris’s immigrant-dominated banlieues from the perspective of two teenage girls.
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