Interior of a Peasant House

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The Argentinean teen comedy NO SABE, NO CONTESTA centers on a weekend in the life of Joaquin and his group of friends. As Joaquin attempts to woo shopgirl Laura, his buddies cause trouble for him with problems of their own. Amongst other things, one friend borrows Joaquin's car for the weekend, and his effort to move a piano into his house ends up a disaster. The problems that beset Joaquin cause him to reflect upon the condition of his life, communicated in the film through a series of interior...

This Academy Award-winner for Best Foreign Language Film was a big art house hit, spawning a whole international subgenre, foodie (films about the liberating effects of good food). It's adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen about two sisters in a 19th century Calvinist settlement in Denmark who, under their late father's rigorous spiritual dictates, pass up their chances for romance and worldly success. Years pass; they grow into charitable old spinsters and one day a French war refugee, Babette ...