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Has to be The Hairdresser's Husband (1990)
I am not really an emotional person (at all) but this is a pure and beautiful romantic tale about a man who falls in love with a hairdresser - being a French film we don't get any of the formulaic romantic scenes, instead we just spend time with them in their passion and happiness. The ending will bring anyone to floods of tears, in fact I have a hard time even thinking about this film without tears, but it does so without any cliché (no-one suddenly finds they have cancer or anything like that).
Beautifully surrealist, this is the perfect couple movie, full of real characters and not movie stereotypes.
I reviewed the Severin DVD a while ago - Hairdresser's Husband
I am not really an emotional person (at all) but this is a pure and beautiful romantic tale about a man who falls in love with a hairdresser - being a French film we don't get any of the formulaic romantic scenes, instead we just spend time with them in their passion and happiness. The ending will bring anyone to floods of tears, in fact I have a hard time even thinking about this film without tears, but it does so without any cliché (no-one suddenly finds they have cancer or anything like that).
Beautifully surrealist, this is the perfect couple movie, full of real characters and not movie stereotypes.
I reviewed the Severin DVD a while ago - Hairdresser's Husband
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King Kong, Titanic, A Little Bit of Heaven, The Fault in Our Stars, Never Let Me Go, Three Idiots . . . etc
I'm 15, freshly getting into foreign cinema. Finally have a netflix account, it sends me this one off my queue. I'm home alone and have nothing else to do so I pop it in. I've always been a pretty sensitive person, and have cried in films before, but I was silent throughout watching this one. Then it ends, and like a huge crashing wave it hits. I begin to not just cry, but sob uncontrollably, not even sob, I was flat out in hysterics. I fell to the floor, doing that scream cry, like someone very close to me had died or something. My mom calls, I pick up trying to pull myself together, 'Hey honey' and with a quivering voice 'Hi', 'What's wrong? Are you okay?' Again a blubbering mess, barely able to get my words out. 'This.... this movie... I... I... IIIII' etc. she was just relieved someone hadn't died or something. Even my dog was concerned by my reaction. So yes, Lilja 4-Ever, I'm 26 now, but I'll never forget watching that the first time. But I HIGHLY recommend it. In fact, I might rewatch it again now. It's cathartic.
Also, one of the greatest performances I've ever seen.
Also, one of the greatest performances I've ever seen.
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And this one, EVERY TIME!
And probably my second favorite Spielberg film behind Schindler's List.
And probably my second favorite Spielberg film behind Schindler's List.
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Precious (Usa, 2009)
Nobody Knows (Japan, 2004)
Not one Less (China, 1999)
All of the above made me cry.
Nobody Knows (Japan, 2004)
Not one Less (China, 1999)
All of the above made me cry.
Precious (Usa, 2009)
Nobody Knows (Japan, 2004)
Not one Less (China, 1999)
All of the above made me cry.
Nobody Knows (Japan, 2004)
Not one Less (China, 1999)
All of the above made me cry.
I want to see Nobody Knows though.
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The Champ (obviously)
Dear Zachary
Blue Valentine
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Peppermint Candy
Watership Down
The Road
Grave of the Fireflies has already been mentioned but is quite emotional.
Dear Zachary
Blue Valentine
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Peppermint Candy
Watership Down
The Road
Grave of the Fireflies has already been mentioned but is quite emotional.
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