The foreign film challenge continues

If you like foreign films, you may want to review this list. This is how it works.  I am going through the newly-arranged (by language) foreign films and highlighting those that received a rating of 7 or better on imdb.com

Here is a short list that includes Bengali and Chinese. In the next installment I will continue with the Chinese list. Happy Viewing!

The Clay Bird (Bengali 2002)  A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.


I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Bengali 2006)  Forest fires burn in Sumatra and smoke covers Kuala Lumpur. Grifters beat up an immigrant day laborer and a young man named Rawang finds him. He carries him home and cares for him.

The Music Room (Bengali 1958)  Depicts the end days of a decadent landlord in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity.

Aftershock (Mandarin 2010)  The epic story of a family separated as a result of the Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976.

Blind Shaft (Mandarin 2003)  Two Chinese coal miners have hit upon the perfect scam to extort money from the boss.

The Blue Kite (Mandarin 1993)  Banned in China, this controversial film traces the fate of a Beijing family and their neighbors through the political and social upheavals in 1950's and 60's China.