Kris and I both enjoy foreign films. So here are some of our favorites. Rent them and think outside the box.
My Life as a Dog
Plot: The story sets in the late 1950s. Ingemar (Anton Glanzelius), is a boy who lives with his older brother and his ill mother. He loves dogs and is particularly worried about Laika, the female Russian dog sent to the space, which dies several days later because the food run out. The boy has a normal life with an only friend and his beloved female dog, but he simply doesn't get along well with his brother, who spends time playing practical jokes and make fun of poor Ingemar. Their mother's tired of putting up with the children's pranks, whom spend all day fighting and making her mother loses her temper.
One day, Ingemar and his brother are separated for the sake of their ill mother. Ingemar is sent with his uncle, who lives in a small town with his wife. There, Ingemar will bump into curious people, like an old man who has a particular obsession with lingerie ads, glass workers in a workshop or a pretty girl, who in order to play in a soccer team, she pretends to be a boy disguising herself.
Dear Frankie
Plot: Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, Lizzie has invented a story that he is away at sea on the HMS Accra. Every few weeks, Lizzie writes Frankie a make-believe letter from his father, telling of his adventures in exotic lands.
As Frankie tracks the ship's progress around the globe, he discovers that it is due to dock in his hometown. With the real HMS Accra arriving in only a fortnight, Lizzie must choose between telling Frankie the truth or finding the perfect stranger to play Frankie's father for just one day.
Love Me, If You Dare
Plot: As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.
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