International Comedies
The chocolate dessert for the still hungry cinéaste! Take a break from the serious and enjoy this sampling of comedies from around the world.
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An eccentric, almost surreal Icelandic comedy shares the misadventures of a female pot dealer, her family and her most unusual set of friends and clients.
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Energetic performances from Almodóvar regulars Javier Cámara (
Talk to Her) and Lola Dueñas (
Volver) anchor this wholly entertaining farce bustling with quick-witted dialogue and comical hi-jinks.
The Magic Hour
In this rousingly funny and entertaining gangster spoof, a clueless actor is hired to portray a notorious hitman, unaware that the role of his career is deadly real.
Rumba
Decked out in eye-popping primary colors and with a minimum of dialogue (a la Jacques Tati), this tiny French-Belgian moral fable by a trio of inventive filmmakers shrewdly details how the vagaries of life affect a young couple’s dreams and goals.