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Risselada's Favorite Films Per Country

By: Rissela​da

I’ll be working on this periodically

I’m trying to only pick films that seem significantly indigenous to the country. I’m just listing one film per country for now.

Flag Country Title Rating
Afghanistan none seen /
Albania none seen /
Algeria The Battle of Algiers (1966) 8/10
Andorra none seen /
Angola none seen /
Antigua and Barbuda none seen /
Argentina Extraordinary Stories (2008) 8/10
Armenia none seen /
Aruba none seen /
Australia The Interview (1998) 10/10
Austria Film ist. (2000) 9/10
Azerbaijan none seen /
Bahamas none seen /
Bahrain none seen /
Bangladesh no favorite /
Barbados none seen /
Belarus none seen /
Belgium Man Bites Dog (1992) 8/10
Belize none seen /
Benin none seen /
Bhutan none seen /
Bolivia La nación clandestina (1990) 8/10
Bosnia and Herzegovina No Man’s Land (2001) 9/10
Botswana none seen /
Brazil Bus 174 (2002) 9/10
Brunei none seen /
Bulgaria no favorite /
Burkina Faso none seen /
Burma none seen /
Burundi none seen /
Cambodia none seen /
Cameroon none seen /
Canada Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) 10/10
Cape Verde none seen /
Central African Republic none seen /
Chad none seen /
Chile Nostalgia for the Light (2010) 7/10
China The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) 10/10
Colombia The Rose Seller (1998) 7/10
Comoros none seen /
Costa Rica none seen /
Côte d’Ivoire none seen /
Croatia none seen /
Cuba Death of a Bureaucrat (1966) 10/10
Cyprus none seen /
Czech Republic Conspirators of Pleasure (1996) 8/10
Czechoslovakia Pictures of the Old World (1972) 10/10
Democratic Republic of the Congo none seen /
Denmark Ordet (1955) 10/10
Djibouti none seen /
Dominica none seen /
Dominican Republic Jean Gentil (2010) 9/10
East Germany none seen /
Ecuador none seen /
Egypt The Land (1969) 7/10
El Salvador none seen /
Equatorial Guinea none seen /
Eritrea none seen /
Estonia The Temptation of St. Tony (2009) 8/10
Ethiopia Harvest: 3000 Years (1976) 7/10
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996) 9/10
Federated States of Micronesia none seen /
Fiji none seen /
Finland The Man Without a Past (2002) 10/10
France Diary of a Country Priest (1951) 10/10
Gabon none seen /
The Gambia none seen /
Georgia none seen /
Ghana none seen /
Germany Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) 9/10
Greece Morning Patrol (1987) 8/10
Grenada none seen /
Guatemala none seen /
Hong Kong Drunken Master (1978) 9/10
Hungary The Red and the White (1967) 9/10
Iceland Children of Nature (1991) 8/10
India The Cloud-Capped Star (1960) 9/10
Iran The Color of Paradise (1999) 9/10
Ireland Midnight Dance (1996) 8/10
Japan Rashômon (1950) 10/10
Macau none seen /
Malaysia no favorite /
Mexico Silent Light (2007) 10/10
Netherlands The Vanishing (1988) 9/10
New Zealand Bad Taste (1987) 8/10
Pakistan none seen /
Poland Kanal (1957) 10/10
Portugal Trails (1978) 9/10
Republic of the Congo none seen /
Romania Reconstruction (1968) 10/10
Russia Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998) 7/10
Singapore 12 Storeys (1997) 7/10
South Africa no favorite /
Spain Berta’s Motives (1985) 9/10
Sweden The Seventh Seal (1957) 10/10
Switzerland no favorite /
Taiwan The Hole (1998) 10/10
Thailand Ong-bak (2003) 9/10
United Kingdom Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 10/10
United States of America Fargo (1996) 10/10

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Mario Gaborović

23May13

Maybe the best list on MUBI I've seen so far.

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Ally the Manic Listmaker

14Mar12

I recommend Nueve Reinas/Nine Queens for an Argentine movie. BTW I like your flags & tables.

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apursansar

13Mar12

No Argentine favorite? I suppose you have yet to see "Historias extraordinarias" for the cup. And as Tsai fan I think that Alonso's films should be to your liking, he also made a Tsai homage with "Fantasma". Looking forward to the remaining choices.

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    Risselada

    13Mar12

    I haven't seen Historias extraordinarias yet, but based on the almost unanamous love for it, I'll be surprised if it doesn't go up on this list after I've seen it. I've seen Alonso's Fantasma and didn't like it, but I actually expect I might like his other stuff. I hope after the World Cup my list here will fill out a lot more.

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    apursansar

    13Mar12

    I don't think it lives up to "Goodbye Dragon Inn" either and probably isn't his strongest work, but I really liked its portrayal of the Argentine cinemateque where I've spent countless hours. Lucas Granero also wrote a brilliant analysis which made me appreciate the film even more (http://mubi.com/topics/cinema-21-lisandro-alonso). Alonso's most accomplished film may be "Liverpool" as far as I'm concerned, but "The Dead" is also an impressive film. Besides, if you're in the mood for classic Argentine films I suggest to take a look at Leonardo Favio's body of work.

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    apursansar

    13Mar12

    And I forgot to mention, there are certainly contextual devices regarding Alonso's first two films that enhance the viewing experience of "Fantasma". The film may seem pointless when seen on its own, but the displacement of the protagonists and the spatial divergence (city-countryside) becomes striking when you watch it after "Liberty" and "The Dead".

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    Risselada

    13Mar12

    Yes, I have heard that and that's why I'd like to watch the rest of his film and then revisit Fantasma.

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