The Library has a selection of foreign language DVD's that can be borrowed
Spanish
Bombon (El perro)
A 2004 film directed by Carlos Sorin revolves around a Patagonian mechanic who dreams of a different life and starts to think big after his adopted pup wins first prize at a local dog show.
El laberinto del fauno : Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth is a 2006 Mexican dark fantasy film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro.
Machuca
A 2004 Chilean film written and directed by Andrés Wood. Set in 1973 Santiago, shortly before General Pinochet's military coup in 1973, the film tells the story of two friends, one of them the very poor Pedro Machuca who is integrated into the elite school of his friend Gonzalo Infante.
Volver
A 2006 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Headed by actress Penélope Cruz, the film revolves around an eccentric family of women from a wind-swept region south of Madrid. Cruz plays Raimunda, a working-class woman forced to go to great lengths to protect her 14-year-old daughter Paula.
A 2004 film directed by Carlos Sorin revolves around a Patagonian mechanic who dreams of a different life and starts to think big after his adopted pup wins first prize at a local dog show.
El laberinto del fauno : Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth is a 2006 Mexican dark fantasy film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro.
Machuca
A 2004 Chilean film written and directed by Andrés Wood. Set in 1973 Santiago, shortly before General Pinochet's military coup in 1973, the film tells the story of two friends, one of them the very poor Pedro Machuca who is integrated into the elite school of his friend Gonzalo Infante.
Volver
A 2006 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Headed by actress Penélope Cruz, the film revolves around an eccentric family of women from a wind-swept region south of Madrid. Cruz plays Raimunda, a working-class woman forced to go to great lengths to protect her 14-year-old daughter Paula.
French
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar is a 1999 feature film directed by Claude Zidi, the first of what went on to become a series of live-action films based on Goscinny and Uderzo's Astérix comics.
Asterix & Obelix Mission Cleopatra
Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre is a 2002 French film based on the comic book Astérix et Cléopatre by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo and a sequel for the 1999 movie Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar.
Asterix at the Olympic Games
Asterix at the Olympic Games is a French film, based on characters from René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's Astérix comic series.
Asterix et les Vikings
An animated feature film based on characters from the Asterix comic series. After another raid in an empty village, the chief of the Vikings Timandahaf misunderstands the explanation of his druid Cryptograf that "fear gives wings to the dwellers" and believes that fear actually makes the villagers fly.
Au revoir les enfants
Au revoir les enfants is an autobiographical 1987 film written, produced and directed by Louis Malle. The screenplay was published by Gallimard in the same year. The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.
The chorus : les choristes
A 2004 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, it is an adaptation of the 1945 film A Cage of Nightingales (La Cage aux Rossignols).
The Class
A 2008 French drama film directed by Laurent Cantet. Its original French title is Entre les murs, which translates literally to "Between the walls". It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by François Bégaudeau. Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
The Closet : le placard
A 2001 French comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber. It is about a man who pretends to be homosexual to keep his job, with absurd and unexpected consequences.
Coco avant Chanel
A 2009 French film about the early life of famed French fashion designer Coco Chanel. Coco avant Chanel was directed and co-written by actor turned director Anne Fontaine
Cyrano de Bergerac
A 1990 French comedy drama directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand.
A dashing officer of the guard and romantic poet, Cyrano de Bergerac falls in love with his cousin Roxane. His one fault in his life, is his large nose and he believes that Roxane will reject him. He resorts to writing letters to her on behalf of one of his cadets, Christian, who is also in love with Roxane but just doesn't know how to tell her. She falls for the poetic charm of the letters but believes that they were written by Christian.
Elle s'appelait Sarah : Sarah's Keys
A 2010 French drama directed and co-written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and an adaptation of the novel with the same title by Tatiana de Rosnay.
In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942, when French officials rounded up over 10,000 Jews and placed them in local camps.
Etre et avoir : to be and to have
A 2002 French documentary film directed by Nicolas Philibert about a small rural school. It was nominated as an "Out of Competition" film at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and achieved commercial success.
Jean de Florette
A 1986 film about a greedy landowner and his backward nephew who conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell. A searing powerful story of greed, and its effects.
Manon des sources : Jean de Florette
In this sequel to the film Jean de Florette. A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.
LOL
A 2008 movie. When Lola's boyfriend is unfaithful to her on his summer holiday, she dumps him and flirts with his best friend as punishment.
The story focuses on Lola aka "Lol" who is dealing with school, love, friendship and family issues. In a world where iPods, cell phones & MSN have taken so much importance, communication is often difficult between teens and their overwhelmed parents.
Persepolis
A 2007 French animated film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. The story ends with Marjane as a 24-year-old expatriate. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Ratatouille.
A very long engagement / Un long dimanche de fiancailles
A 2004 film which tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.
Zazie dans le Metro (Zazie in the underground)
A 1960 French film directed by Louis Malle, based on the novel by Raymond Queneau. Provincial 10-year-old Zazie stays in Paris with her Uncle (a female impersonator) for two days. Zazie manages to evade her uncle's custody, and sets out to explore the city on her own.
Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar is a 1999 feature film directed by Claude Zidi, the first of what went on to become a series of live-action films based on Goscinny and Uderzo's Astérix comics.
Asterix & Obelix Mission Cleopatra
Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre is a 2002 French film based on the comic book Astérix et Cléopatre by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo and a sequel for the 1999 movie Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar.
Asterix at the Olympic Games
Asterix at the Olympic Games is a French film, based on characters from René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's Astérix comic series.
Asterix et les Vikings
An animated feature film based on characters from the Asterix comic series. After another raid in an empty village, the chief of the Vikings Timandahaf misunderstands the explanation of his druid Cryptograf that "fear gives wings to the dwellers" and believes that fear actually makes the villagers fly.
Au revoir les enfants
Au revoir les enfants is an autobiographical 1987 film written, produced and directed by Louis Malle. The screenplay was published by Gallimard in the same year. The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.
The chorus : les choristes
A 2004 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, it is an adaptation of the 1945 film A Cage of Nightingales (La Cage aux Rossignols).
The Class
A 2008 French drama film directed by Laurent Cantet. Its original French title is Entre les murs, which translates literally to "Between the walls". It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by François Bégaudeau. Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
The Closet : le placard
A 2001 French comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber. It is about a man who pretends to be homosexual to keep his job, with absurd and unexpected consequences.
Coco avant Chanel
A 2009 French film about the early life of famed French fashion designer Coco Chanel. Coco avant Chanel was directed and co-written by actor turned director Anne Fontaine
Cyrano de Bergerac
A 1990 French comedy drama directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand.
A dashing officer of the guard and romantic poet, Cyrano de Bergerac falls in love with his cousin Roxane. His one fault in his life, is his large nose and he believes that Roxane will reject him. He resorts to writing letters to her on behalf of one of his cadets, Christian, who is also in love with Roxane but just doesn't know how to tell her. She falls for the poetic charm of the letters but believes that they were written by Christian.
Elle s'appelait Sarah : Sarah's Keys
A 2010 French drama directed and co-written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and an adaptation of the novel with the same title by Tatiana de Rosnay.
In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942, when French officials rounded up over 10,000 Jews and placed them in local camps.
Etre et avoir : to be and to have
A 2002 French documentary film directed by Nicolas Philibert about a small rural school. It was nominated as an "Out of Competition" film at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and achieved commercial success.
Jean de Florette
A 1986 film about a greedy landowner and his backward nephew who conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell. A searing powerful story of greed, and its effects.
Manon des sources : Jean de Florette
In this sequel to the film Jean de Florette. A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.
LOL
A 2008 movie. When Lola's boyfriend is unfaithful to her on his summer holiday, she dumps him and flirts with his best friend as punishment.
The story focuses on Lola aka "Lol" who is dealing with school, love, friendship and family issues. In a world where iPods, cell phones & MSN have taken so much importance, communication is often difficult between teens and their overwhelmed parents.
Persepolis
A 2007 French animated film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. The story ends with Marjane as a 24-year-old expatriate. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Ratatouille.
A very long engagement / Un long dimanche de fiancailles
A 2004 film which tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.
Zazie dans le Metro (Zazie in the underground)
A 1960 French film directed by Louis Malle, based on the novel by Raymond Queneau. Provincial 10-year-old Zazie stays in Paris with her Uncle (a female impersonator) for two days. Zazie manages to evade her uncle's custody, and sets out to explore the city on her own.
Japanese
Arrietty
A 2010 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa. The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.
Conqueror of Shamballa : Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie
A 2005 Japanese animated film directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Sho Aikawa, and acts as a continuation of the first Fullmetal Alchemist television series.
Departures
A 2008 Japanese drama film by Yōjirō Takita. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Oscars in 2009 and the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize. The movie is a delightful journey into the heartland of Japan as well an astonishingly beautiful look at a sacred part of Japan’s cultural heritage.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
A 2006 Japanese-animated science fiction romance film. A teenage girl finds that she has the ability to leap through time. With her newfound power, she tries to use it to her advantage, but soon finds that tampering with time can lead to some rather discomforting result
Hula Girl
An award-winning film, directed by Sang-il Lee and co-written by Lee and Daisuke Habara, and first released across Japanese theaters in 2006. It is based on the real-life event of how a group of enthusiastic girls take on hula dancing to save their small mining village, helping the formation of Joban Hawaiian Center (now known as Spa Resort Hawaiians), which was later to become one of Japan's most popular theme parks
Kiki's Delivery Service
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
The Last Samurai
a 2003 American epic drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film stars Tom Cruise. Cruise portrays American army officer Captain Nathan Algren, whose personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with samurai warriors in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in 19th Centruy Japan.
Letters from Iwo Jima
A 2006 American War film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood. The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
My Neighbor Totoro
A 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film. When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wonderous forest spirits who live nearby.
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
A 1984 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure film. Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
Ponyo
A 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film which deals with a friendship between a five-year-old boy and a goldfish princess who yearns to be human.
Porco Rosso
A 1992 Japanese animated adventure film. The plot revolves around an Italian WW1 ex-fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air pirates". However, an unusual curse has transformed him to a pig. Once called Marco Pagot, he is now known to the world as "Porco Rosso",
Sama Wozu : Summer Wars
A 2010 Japanese animated adventure film. An adolescent math wiz unintentionally plunges the virtual world into chaos by solving a numerological riddle that makes the global network vulnerable to attack in this animated sci-fi adventure comedy.
Shall we dance?
A 1996 Japanese film. A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
Sumo do, sumo don't
A 1992 Japanese film directed by Masayuki Suo. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. In order to graduate from college in a timely manner, and to gain the job waiting for him due to his family connections, Shuhei must join the school's sumo team to please his professor. Shuhei and the other reluctant sumo wrestlers on the team are inspired by the professor's determination into doing their best for the school
A 2010 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa. The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.
Conqueror of Shamballa : Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie
A 2005 Japanese animated film directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Sho Aikawa, and acts as a continuation of the first Fullmetal Alchemist television series.
Departures
A 2008 Japanese drama film by Yōjirō Takita. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Oscars in 2009 and the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize. The movie is a delightful journey into the heartland of Japan as well an astonishingly beautiful look at a sacred part of Japan’s cultural heritage.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
A 2006 Japanese-animated science fiction romance film. A teenage girl finds that she has the ability to leap through time. With her newfound power, she tries to use it to her advantage, but soon finds that tampering with time can lead to some rather discomforting result
Hula Girl
An award-winning film, directed by Sang-il Lee and co-written by Lee and Daisuke Habara, and first released across Japanese theaters in 2006. It is based on the real-life event of how a group of enthusiastic girls take on hula dancing to save their small mining village, helping the formation of Joban Hawaiian Center (now known as Spa Resort Hawaiians), which was later to become one of Japan's most popular theme parks
Kiki's Delivery Service
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
The Last Samurai
a 2003 American epic drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film stars Tom Cruise. Cruise portrays American army officer Captain Nathan Algren, whose personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with samurai warriors in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in 19th Centruy Japan.
Letters from Iwo Jima
A 2006 American War film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood. The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
My Neighbor Totoro
A 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film. When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wonderous forest spirits who live nearby.
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
A 1984 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure film. Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
Ponyo
A 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film which deals with a friendship between a five-year-old boy and a goldfish princess who yearns to be human.
Porco Rosso
A 1992 Japanese animated adventure film. The plot revolves around an Italian WW1 ex-fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air pirates". However, an unusual curse has transformed him to a pig. Once called Marco Pagot, he is now known to the world as "Porco Rosso",
Sama Wozu : Summer Wars
A 2010 Japanese animated adventure film. An adolescent math wiz unintentionally plunges the virtual world into chaos by solving a numerological riddle that makes the global network vulnerable to attack in this animated sci-fi adventure comedy.
Shall we dance?
A 1996 Japanese film. A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
Sumo do, sumo don't
A 1992 Japanese film directed by Masayuki Suo. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. In order to graduate from college in a timely manner, and to gain the job waiting for him due to his family connections, Shuhei must join the school's sumo team to please his professor. Shuhei and the other reluctant sumo wrestlers on the team are inspired by the professor's determination into doing their best for the school