foreign films

Contains twenty-four foreign film guides for use in sixth to twelfth grade English classes, discussing how each film will encourage reading through their subtitles and interesting plots, giving an overview of each film, and providing vocabulary and activities.

The partially autobiographical story of a young boy who turns to crime when left to his own devices in an indifferent adult world.

Based on the best-selling book - Tita and Pedro are passionately in love, but it is forbidden by an ancient family tradition. Contains both subtitled and dubbed versions.

Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit.

Fellini's autobiographical film about a famous film director who loses his inspiration in the midst of making a film.

Guido's gifted imagination and sense of humor has won the heart of the woman he loved and created a beautiful life for his young family. When the life is threatened by WW II, Guido must rely on those very same strengths to save his beloved wife and son from an unthinkable fate.

The deeply moving true story of a five-star-hotel manager who used his wits and words to save more than 1,200 lives during the 1994 Rwandan conflict.