Foreign Film Club| Foreign Film Club |
Interested? To join the club all you will need to do is collect a form from the library (or print one off the school's website), fill it in and get it signed by parents / carers. Once this is done a separate Film Club Card will be issued. Cards will clearly show the holder's Date of Birth as film classification is to be strictly respected. Initially we will trial making borrowing free.
So, a big 'Thankyou' to the PTA, and happy
viewing! Ms A Orde
Bridgewater
Foreign Film Club Membership form.pdf 
| title + classification | language | genre & desciption |
| Phase 1 (films initially on shelves) | ||
| The Chorus (12) | French | family viewing – tale of inspired music teacher in tough school. Massively successful in France |
| La Veuve de Saint Pierre (15) | French | drama – a story set on a small island of the East Coast of Canada in 19th century (great for A level as deals with the death penalty) (with Daniel Auteuil) |
| Hidden (Caché) (15) | French | psychological drama – set in modern day Paris (with Daniel Auteuil) |
| C.R.A.Z.Y. (15) | French | teen movie – a coming of age film set in 60s Quebec |
| Amélie (15) | French | fantasy romance – with the totally delightful Audrey Tautou, huge success in France and beyond |
| Taxi 1 (15) & Taxi 2 (12) | French | cop action adventure – exciting car chases and more set in the South of France |
| M (PG) | German | crime thriller – early sound classic (from 1930s) by the Master Director, Fritz Lang |
| Wings of Desire (PG) | German | fantasy – the film which inspired the American success ‘City of Angels’ |
| Run Lola Run (15) | German | action adventure film – tense drama played out against the clock |
| Goodbye Lenin (15) | German | comedy – an original storyline which spans the dismantling of the Berlin Wall |
| Summerstorm (15) | German | teen movie – a sport summer camp is the backdrop to this coming of age movie |
| Like Water For Chocolate (15) | Spanish | magical realism/romance – fantastic tale of frustrated romance set on a South American Ranch |
| Motorcycle Diaries (15) | Spanish | drama doc / road movie – set in 1950 South America the story of Che Guevara’s youthful travels |
| Il Postino (15) | Italian | romance – set on a small Italian Island in the 1940s |
| Phase 2 (2nd batch films on shelves) | ||
| Belleville Rendez-vous (12) | Almost none – but a French film | Cartoon – a visual treat for all ages this film takes a grand-mother & her dog on a quest to rescue the grandson whose participation in the Tour de France has brought him to the attention of the French mafia. |
| The beat that my heart skipped (15) | French | Thriller – film noir style – set in Paris underworld, a remake of a 1970s thriller in which a young man is torn between his roots in crime and a future in music. |
| Breathless (15) | French | Stylish 50s gangster movie – classic film which inspired Hollywood remake of same title – the tale of a young man on the run in Paris, the style in which it is shot (Nouvelle Vague to film buffs) shook the film world |
| Delicatessen (15) | French | Very zany futuristic comedy set in a dystopian France where meat is hard to come by … Made by a duo which includes Jeunot, who went on to make Amélie |
| Étre et avoir (PG) | French | Contemporary documentary – totally delightful and thought provoking gentle documentary which takes viewers through a school year in a tiny (a dozen pupils in a single class) remote school |
| The Girl on the Bridge (15) | French | Edgy Drama with Vanessa Paradis and Daniel Auteuil – about to throw herself off a bridge, he offers a new life as part of his circus act |
| Joan of Arc (15) | French | Historical Drama –a star studded cast tells the well known story of the Patron Saint of France |
| A Very Long Engagement (15) | French | A fusion of serious historical drama and fantasy – set in the first world war with disturbing & graphic scenes of the realities of war, a love story is played out; directed by Jeunot & with Audrey Tautou, both of Amélie fame. |
| Les Vsiteurs (15) | French | Historical comic romp described as ‘Monty Python meets Backadder in a riotous time travel comedy’ – hugely successful in France but is our sense of humour the same? |
| The wages of fear (PG) | French | Tense adventure film from the– 50s ‘set in a crazy world of machismo, lust, competitiveness and greed’ in a no hope backwater in the south American jungle a group of men takes on an impossible mission - remade Hollywood style in the 70s (also excellent), the original develops much more slowly |
| Le Tour de France | English | Documentary on the history of the French Cylcle race |
| Soccer Superstars: Zidane | English | Documentary on their footballer superstar |
| Das Boot (15) | German | Wartime submarine drama – tense and claustrophobic |
| The Blue Angel (PG) | German | A Musical Drama about an elderly gentleman’s obsession with a nightclub performer – one of the earliest talking films made in German! |
| Downfall (15) | German | Harrowing Drama telling the story of the last few days in Hitler’s bunker – be warned, the film contains some very disturbing and distressing scenes |
| Fatherland (15) | German, French English | Political drama set in pre unified Germany telling the story of a musician banned from playing in East Berlin and forced West where he finds the politics are no better. |
| Bonbón el perro (15) | Spanish | A wonderful heart warming – but not in sentimental overstated Hollywood style – story in which an elderly unemployed mechanic adopts a large white dog, Bonbón, and they set out on a road trip thorugh Patagonia. |
| The story of the weeping camel (U) | Mongolian | Documentary style film set in the Gobi Dessert detailing the life of camels, a nomadic family and their traditions. |
