2011 National Board of Review – Best Foreign Language Films Winner
13 Assassins
A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
A Separation
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer’s disease.
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
After a prison riot, former-Captain Nascimento, now a high ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.
Footnote
Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.
Le Havre
When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.
Point Blank
Samuel, a male nurse, saves the life of a thief whose henchmen take Samuel’s wife hostage and force him to spring their boss.