It’s Blogathon Day!

“Film” in a random few languages…perfect to open The “non-English” Language Blogathon:

film sarimihetsika movie ільм nkiri филм หนัง pel·lícula elokuva פֿילם ταινία Bíómynd ફિલ્મ scannán चलचित्र pelikula filma चलचित्र filmas кино ffilm ֆիլմ সিনেমা filimi 电影 kiriata 電影 Fliek ფილმის 映画 ibhayisikobho ಚಿತ್ರ  filem elit திரைப்பட

With such a treasure chest of movies that are available in “original” languages other than the various forms of English, I wanted to shed some light on them. So, without further ado…go ahead and click on the movie titles below to read all the wonderful entries. (I’ll be updating as we go along so be sure to pop back again)

 

	Not always are we meant to sit back, relax and mindlessly consume a movie. Silver Screenings brings us French movie La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) (1939) which pulls you out of your comfort zone but is wonderful nonetheless.
	Cinematic Scribblings has a look at how members of a family react to tragedy and how their relationships are changed, developed, strained and strengthened in Japanese movie Aruitemo aruitemo (Still Walking) (2008).
	Maddy Loves Her Classic Films writes on Gion no shimai (Sisters of the Gion) (1936), a Japanese movie that delves into the lives of two sisters and how they deal with the treatment handed out to them as geishas.
	Maddy Loves Her Classic Films brings us Jeux interdits (Forbidden Games) (1952) , a French war movie that doesn’t focus on the soldiers and battlefield but on the effects on children who don’t really understand death and another victim that is often forgotten, animals.
	Well, well, I have a very disco era song stuck in my head from the clip Realweegiemidget Reviews included in her post about an overnight ship and the shenanigans that go with it in the post about a Finnish TV Series Sinkkulaiva (2013 – 2014)
	MovieMovieBlogBlog looks at Oscar nominated Argentinian movie La historia oficial (The Official Story) (1985) about the heart breaking topic of babies being taken from their mothers and being put up for adoption.
	MovieRob looks at La Cage aux Folles which, back when it was released, raised social issues as it deals about gay marriage and how it had to be kept secret in order not to ruin a non-gay marriage.
	You’ll never quite think of Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” the same again once you’ve watched M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (M) (1931), the 1931 German movie about the murderer of little girls. This, brought to you by The Midnite Drive-In.
	The classic Shichinin no samurai (we all know it as The Seven Samurai (1954)) with not a single wasted frame, brilliant editing and perfectly placed sound (or lack of) is brought to you by The Stop Button.
	Cinema Essentials looks at life immediately after WWII in Italy but more specifically, the relationship between father and son in the Italian movie Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) (1948)
	With creditors hounding an artist who doesn’t realise he has won the lottery until the winning ticket is no longer in his possession, WadsWords brings us the delightful sounding 1931 French comedy Le Million.
	I have a look at a Swedish movie called Snabba Cash where trying to fit in with the “in” crowd gets a promising student into all kinds of trouble as he does anything to get some money.

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