Independent Spirit Awards: Best Foreign Film - Blu-ray Movie Awards

In this 2012 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner, Georges and Anne, retired music teachers in their eighties, have a time-tested love. But as Anne's health fails, Georges becomes her caregiver, and the couple's bond is tested like never before.

a.k.a.	Liebe Love
Genres	Drama, Foreign, Foreign Countries, Foreign Dramas, Foreign Languages, Foreign Romance, France, French Dramas, French Language, Independent, Indie Dramas, Romance, Romantic Dramas, Tearjerkers
Crew	Michael Haneke (Director), Darius Khondji (Cinematographer)
Cast	Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud, William Shimell, Ramón Agirre, Rita Blanco
Awards	Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film BAFTA: Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva BAFTA: Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe Awards: Best Foreign Language Film Independent Spirit Awards: Best Foreign Film
Nominations	Academy Awards: Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva Academy Awards: Best Director: Michael Haneke Academy Awards: Best Picture Academy Awards: Best Writing Original Screenplay BAFTA: Best Direction: Michael Haneke BAFTA: Best Original Screenplay
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A body has been buried in the grasslands of rural Turkey. Over the course of one night, a doctor and a detective from a nearby town join a search effort in which the desolate landscape comes to symbolize their own solemn, insular lives.

a.k.a.	Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da
Genres	Crime Dramas, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Countries, Foreign Dramas, Middle East
Crew	Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Director)
Cast	Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Firat Tanis, Ercan Kesal, Erol Eraslan, Ugur Arslanoglu, Kubilay Tunçer
Nominations	Independent Spirit Awards: Best Foreign Film
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An extraordinary story of survival and salvation from the acclaimed, award-winning director of A Prophet. Starring Academy Award Winner Marion Cotillard as Stéphanie, who navigates a gritty relationship with Ali, a street fighter, in a world where love and courage appear in many forms.

a.k.a.	De rouille et d'os
Genres	Drama, Foreign, Foreign Countries, Foreign Languages, Foreign Romance, France, French Language, Romance, Romantic Dramas
Crew	Jacques Audiard (Director)
Cast	Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Céline Sallette, Corinne Masiero, Bouli Lanners, Jean-Michel Correia, Mourad Frarema
Nominations	BAFTA: Best Actress: Marion Cotillard BAFTA: Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama): Marion Cotillard Golden Globe Awards: Best Foreign Language Film Independent Spirit Awards: Best Foreign Film
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After being abandoned by his deadbeat dad, 11-year-old Cyril Catoul is virtually adopted by a goodhearted hairdresser who tries to help him. But despite her kindness, the disillusioned boy soon falls in with a young drug peddler.

a.k.a.	Le Gamin au vélo
Genres	Belgium, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Countries, Foreign Dramas, Foreign Languages, French Language
Crew	Jean-Pierre Dardenne (Director), Luc Dardenne (Director)
Cast	Thomas Doret, Cécile De France, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione, Egon Di Mateo, Olivier Gourmet
Nominations	Golden Globe Awards: Best Foreign Language Film Independent Spirit Awards: Best Foreign Film
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This inventive drama charts the disintegrating relationship between newly married twentysomething Justine and her melancholy sister, Claire, just as Earth hurtles toward certain collision with a newly discovered planet.

a.k.a.	Melancolía
Genres	Denmark, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Countries, Foreign Dramas, Independent, Indie Dramas, Scandinavia
Crew	Lars von Trier (Director), Manuel Alberto Claro (Cinematographer)
Cast	Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård, Kiefer Sutherland, Brady Corbet, Cameron Spurr, Charlotte Rampling, Jesper Christensen, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier
Nominations	Independent Spirit Awards: Best Foreign Film
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An Iranian husband and wife split up over his decision to stay and care for his aging father instead of leaving the country with his family. But his fateful choice to hire a stranger to do most of the caretaking breeds unexpected consequences.

a.k.a.	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin Nader und Simin - Eine Trennung Nader y Simin, una separación Une séparation
Genres	Drama, Farsi Language, Foreign, Foreign Countries, Foreign Dramas, Foreign Languages, Iran, Middle East, Tearjerkers
Crew	Asghar Farhadi (Director)
Cast	Peyman Moadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, Sarina Farhadi, Merila Zarei, Ali-Asghar Shahbaz, Babak Karimi, Kimia Hosseini, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, Sahabanu Zolghadr
Awards	Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe Awards: Best Foreign Language Film Independent Spirit Awards: Best Foreign Film
Nominations	Academy Awards: Best Writing Original Screenplay BAFTA: Best Foreign Language Film
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New Yorker Brandon seethes with an overwhelming sex addiction, and when his uninhibited, unstable younger sister, Sissy, invades his life and takes up residence in his apartment, he struggles to get a handle on his behavior.

Genres	British Dramas, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Countries, Independent, Indie Dramas, United Kingdom
Crew	Steve McQueen (Director)
Cast	Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie, Hannah Ware, Amy Hargreaves, Alex Manette
Nominations	BAFTA: Best Actor: Michael Fassbender BAFTA: Best British Film Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama): Michael Fassbender Independent Spirit Awards: Best Foreign Film
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Unemployed and frustrated, Joseph is in a downward spiral when he meets Hannah, a kind Christian woman who's drawn to try to help him. As their bond develops, however, it becomes apparent that Hannah's life is far from easy or simple.

In this biographical drama that chalked up multiple Academy Awards including Best Picture, Britain's King George VI struggles with an embarrassing stutter until he seeks help from unorthodox Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue.

a.k.a.	El discurso del Rey Il discorso del re Le Discours d'un roi The King's Speech - Die Rede des Königs
Genres	20th Century Period Pieces, Action & Adventure, Biographies, Blockbusters, British Dramas, Drama, Dramas Based on Real Life, Foreign, Foreign Countries, Oscar-winning Movies, Period Pieces, United Kingdom
Crew	Tom Hooper (Director), Danny Cohen (Cinematographer)
Cast	Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon, Timothy Spall, Jennifer Ehle, Derek Jacobi, Anthony Andrews, Eve Best, Jake Hathaway
Awards	Academy Awards: Best Actor: Colin Firth Academy Awards: Best Director: Tom Hooper Academy Awards: Best Picture Academy Awards: Best Writing Original Screenplay BAFTA: Best Actor: Colin Firth BAFTA: Best British Film BAFTA: Best Film BAFTA: Best Supporting Actor: Geoffrey Rush BAFTA: Best Supporting Actress: Helena Bonham Carter Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama): Colin Firth Independent Spirit Awards: Best Foreign Film
Nominations	Academy Awards: Best Art Direction Academy Awards: Best Cinematography Academy Awards: Best Costume Design Academy Awards: Best Film Editing Academy Awards: Best Music Score Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor: Geoffrey Rush Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress: Helena Bonham Carter ASC: Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Danny Cohen BAFTA: Best Direction: Tom Hooper Golden Globe Awards: Best Director (Motion Picture): Tom Hooper Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture (Drama) Golden Globe Awards: Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Geoffrey Rush Golden Globe Awards: Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Helena Bonham Carter
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When shy schoolteacher and gifted violinist Véronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain) invites blue-collar construction worker Jean (Vincent Lindon) to speak to her class about his trade, she's surprised to find herself irresistibly attracted to him -- and the feeling is mutual. But the gulf in their social positions and Jean's marital status complicate matters in this quiet drama, which snagged an Independent Spirit Award nod for Best Foreign Film.

Genres	Drama, Foreign, Foreign Countries, Foreign Dramas, Foreign Languages, Foreign Romance, France, French Dramas, French Language, Romance, Romantic Dramas
Crew	Stéphane Brizé (Director)
Cast	Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Kiberlain, Aure Atika, Jean-Marc Thibault, Arthur Le Houérou, Bruno Lochet, Abdellah Moundy, Michelle Goddet, Anne Houdy, Genevieve Mnich
Nominations	Independent Spirit Awards: Best Foreign Film
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