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Kamchatka
Kamchatka: primarily the 2002 Argentine-Spanish drama by Marcelo Piñeyro about a family hiding from Argentina's 1976 dictatorship, seen through ten-year-old Harry; also a 2013 Polish film, documentaries, and a Catalan theatre company.
Kandahar (سفر قندهار) (2001 film)
Kandahar (Safar-e Ghandehar, سفر قندهار) is Mohsen Makhmalbaf's 2001 Iranian semi-documentary about an Afghan-Canadian journalist crossing Taliban-ruled Afghanistan to save her suicidal sister; Cannes 2001 Ecumenical Prize winner.
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (可可西里) is a 2004 Chinese drama film directed by Lu Chuan, based on the true story of volunteer patrols fighting Tibetan antelope poachers in the 1990s.
L'Enfant
L'Enfant (The Child) is a 2005 Belgian-French drama by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, starring Jérémie Renier and Déborah François, about a petty thief who sells his newborn son; it won the 2005 Cannes Palme d'Or, their second after Rosetta.
La Ciénaga
La Ciénaga (The Swamp), 2001 Argentine drama, Lucrecia Martel's debut feature about two families decaying at a Salta finca; Alfred Bauer Award at Berlin, Sundance screenplay prize, landmark of New Argentine Cinema.
La Vida Mancha
La Vida Mancha (Life Marks) is a 2003 Spanish drama by Enrique Urbizu, written by Michel Gaztambide, starring José Coronado, Zay Nuba, and Juan Sanz; the middle film of his noir trilogy, released 9 May 2003.
Lantana (2001 film)
Lantana (2001) is an Australian psychological mystery drama by Ray Lawrence, adapted by Andrew Bovell from his play Speaking in Tongues, starring Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, and Barbara Hershey; it won seven AFI Awards including Best Film.
Lion's Den
Lion's Den (Leonera) is Pablo Trapero's 2008 Argentine prison drama, premiered in Competition at Cannes, starring Martina Gusman as Julia, an inmate raising her son behind bars; shot in real prisons with inmates as extras.
Little Moth (血蝉)
Little Moth (血蝉, Xue chan) is Peng Tao's 2007 Chinese independent drama, adapted from Bai Tianguang's novel, about a disabled girl sold into begging; it premiered at Locarno 2007 and won Cairo's Golden Pyramid.
Lost in Beijing (苹果)
Lost in Beijing (苹果, Pingguo) is Li Yu's 2007 Chinese drama starring Fan Bingbing, Tong Dawei, Tony Leung Ka-fai, and Elaine Jin, about two Beijing couples entangled by a rape, pregnancy, and a money-for-baby contract; it premiered at Berlin 2007, earned about RMB 18 million in China, and was banned by SARFT in 2008 with its producer barred for two years.
Lourdes (2009 film)
Lourdes is Jessica Hausner's 2009 Austrian-French-German drama starring Sylvie Testud as Christine, a wheelchair-using multiple sclerosis patient healed on a pilgrimage to Lourdes; it won the FIPRESCI Prize at Venice 2009.
Madeinusa
Madeinusa (2006) is Claudia Llosa's debut feature, a Peru-Spain drama set in an Andean village where sin is suspended during Holy Time; starring Magaly Solier, it won FIPRESCI at Rotterdam.
Marathon (말아톤) (2005 film)
Marathon (말아톤) is a 2005 South Korean drama film directed by Chung Yoon-chul, starring Cho Seung-woo as an autistic young man who trains for a marathon with his mother and a reluctant coach.
Marie Antoinette (2006 film)
Marie Antoinette (2006) is Sofia Coppola's Versailles-set drama starring Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman, based on Antonia Fraser's The Journey; booed at Cannes, a box-office disappointment, but winner of Milena Canonero's third Oscar for costumes.
Memoirs of a Geisha (film)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005 film), Rob Marshall's adaptation of Arthur Golden's novel, starring Ziyi Zhang as Sayuri; won 3 of 6 Oscars, drew criticism for casting Chinese actresses as geisha and was titled Sayuri in Japan.
Men of Honor
Men of Honor is a 2000 American biographical drama directed by George Tillman Jr., with Cuba Gooding Jr. as Carl Brashear and Robert De Niro as his instructor.
Middle Men (film)
Middle Men (2009) is a George Gallo crime comedy-drama starring Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, and Gabriel Macht about the birth of internet porn billing, based on producer Christopher Mallick; it cost $22 million and grossed under $1 million.
Millennium Actress
Millennium Actress (Sennen Joyū, 千年女優) is Satoshi Kon's 2001 Madhouse anime about retired star Chiyoko Fujiwara; 87 minutes, Murai screenplay, Hirasawa music, Media Arts Festival Grand Prize, DreamWorks worldwide release.
Miss Potter
Miss Potter (2006) is a biographical drama directed by Chris Noonan, starring Renée Zellweger as Beatrix Potter and Ewan McGregor as Norman Warne; 68% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 57, $3.0M US box office.
Mona Lisa Smile
Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 American comedy-drama directed by Mike Newell, starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, and Maggie Gyllenhaal as Wellesley students and teachers.
Mondays in the Sun
Mondays in the Sun (Los lunes al sol) is a 2002 Spanish social drama by Fernando León de Aranoa about unemployed shipyard workers in Vigo, starring Javier Bardem; it won the San Sebastián Golden Shell and five Goyas.
Moolaadé
Moolaadé (2004) is Ousmane Sembène's final feature, a Senegal-led co-production in Bambara and French about Collé Ardo, who invokes the customary right of asylum to protect four girls from ritual genital cutting; it won the Prix Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2004.
Night and Fog (天水围的夜与雾) (2009 film)
Night and Fog (天水圍的夜與霧) is Ann Hui's 2009 Hong Kong drama, second of her Tin Shui Wai diptych after The Way We Are, starring Simon Yam and Zhang Jingchu, adapted from the real 2004 Tin Yat Estate family massacre.
Nina (2004 film)
Nina (2004) is Heitor Dhalia's Brazilian feature debut, a free adaptation of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment set in São Paulo, starring Guta Stresser as an illustrator driven toward crime by her landlady.
North Country (film)
North Country (2005) is a Warner Bros. drama directed by Niki Caro, starring Charlize Theron as Josey Aimes; a fictionalized account of Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co., the first US sexual harassment class action, based on the book Class Action.
Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) is Caroline Link's 2001 German drama, adapted from Stefanie Zweig's autobiographical novel, about a Jewish family fleeing 1938 Nazi Germany for a Kenyan farm; it won the 2003 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Painted Fire
Painted Fire (취화선, Chihwaseon) is Im Kwon-taek's 2002 Korean biographical drama about painter Jang Seung-up (Ohwon), starring Choi Min-sik; it shared Cannes 2002 Best Director and won Blue Dragon Best Film.
Palermo Shooting
Palermo Shooting is a 2008 drama by Wim Wenders, in competition at Cannes, starring Campino as a Düsseldorf photographer who flees to Palermo, meets Giovanna Mezzogiorno's restorer, and is pursued by Dennis Hopper's Death.
Paradise Now (الجنة الآن)
Paradise Now (الجنة الآن) is a 2005 Palestinian drama by Hany Abu-Assad, co-written with Bero Beyer, following two Nablus mechanics recruited for a Tel Aviv suicide bombing; it won the 2006 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and was Oscar-nominated.
Peaceful Warrior
Peaceful Warrior (2006) is a drama directed by Victor Salva, adapted from Dan Millman's novel Way of the Peaceful Warrior, starring Scott Mechlowicz, Nick Nolte as Socrates, and Amy Smart; Lionsgate released it June 2, 2006.