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7. Paris je t’aime (2006) various directors French | English | Spanish | Mandarin | Arabic

A compilation of shorts that all have to do with Paris. Every short has a different director and a different set of characters, so there is bound to be something for you.

6. Babel (2006) Alejandro González Iñárritu English | Spanish | Arabic | Japanese | Japanese sign language | Berber

Using the myth of the tower of Babel as a starting point, this movie revolves around miscommunication and the tragedy of becoming isolated as a human being. 

5. Night on Earth (1991) Jim Jarmusch English | German | Italian | French | Finnish

A delightful movie in 5 instalments, all set in a different place, in a different language. The title says it all, one night on earth (more like one night in Europe but okay). Bonus young Winona Ryder.

4. Rush (2013) Ron Howard English | French | German | Italian

Although a movie about the rivalry between two Formula 1 drivers may initially not seem your thing, it manages to keep you on the front of your seat for the whole ride. Admittedly most of it is spoken in English but the spot-on casting certainly makes up for it. 3. Biutiful (2010) Alejandro González Iñárritu Spanish | Chinese | Wolof

A beautiful but inconsolably sad story about a father coming to terms with paternity, mortality and sacrifice in modern Barcelona. The cinematography in itself already makes this film worthwhile. 

2. Plemya (2014) Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy Ukrainian sign language

Yes, this movie only contains one language but is nonetheless a must see for language lovers. This movie is entirely in sign language, no spoken word, no translations, no subtitles. Yet it tells a gripping story that is entirely understandable and shows the intricate world of body language. Fair warning: contains very graphic and explicit material, definitely not for the fainthearted.

1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) Quentin Tarantino English | German | French | Italian

The Abandoned Soviet Spas Inhabited by Georgian Refugees

While exploring the grand, neoclassical ruins of Tskaltubo, a defunct Soviet spa town in the country of Georgia, Ryan Koopmans kept running into farm animals. Lots of them. Cows lumbered through former hotel lobbies, sheep grazed in old baths and chickens gobbled through the halls. He figured somebody must be tending them and soon discovered who: ethnic Georgians displaced by the Abkhazian war some 25 years ago. “They’re squatting,” he says, “on a very long-term basis.”

Correr Museum, Venice