January 2021 Different Countries Challenge
My attempt at watching one movie each day that I haven't seen before during the month of January 2021. The movies must have been produced in different countries. In cases where there are several countries that have produced the same movie I will highlight which country makes the list. So, by the end of January 2021 I hope to have 31 different countries. Also, no streaming of movies, only physical versions of movies will make this list.
Country list (so far):
Argentina
Australia
Chile
China
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Romania
Russia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
Country list (so far):
Argentina
Australia
Chile
China
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Romania
Russia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
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- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsSeema BiswasNirmal PandeyRajesh VivekThe story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994.Jan 1st 2021
India / UK.
India takes a place on the list. - DirectorJafar PanahiStarsJafar PanahiNasrin SotoudehBanned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.Jan 2nd 2021
Iran - DirectorPekka ParikkaStarsTaneli MäkeläVesa VierikkoTimo TorikkaIn 1939, two Finnish brothers are conscripted in the army to fight in the war between Finland and the Soviet Union.
Jan 3rd 2021
Finland - DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsWenzhuo ZhaoXun ZhouAndy OnChina, 1861: After rescuing the Qing prince from rebels, General Su retires to start a martial arts school. His foster brother betrays him and Su barely survives. Su has a new enemy to defeat.Jan 4th 2021
China - DirectorPablo LarraínStarsGael García BernalAlfredo CastroAntonia ZegersAn advertising executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.Jan 5th 2021
Chile / France / Mexico / USA
Chile takes a place on the list. - DirectorSergei BodrovIvan PasserStarsKuno BeckerJason Scott LeeJay HernandezA historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan, where a young man is destined to unite the country's three warring tribes.Jan 6th 2021
Kazakhstan / France / USA
Kazakhstan takes a place on the list. - DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsChristos StergioglouMichele ValleyAngeliki PapouliaA controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.Jan 7th 2021
Greece - DirectorChris StappStarsChris StappMatt HeathBonnie SoperYoung Randy has dreamed of being a stuntman, teaming up with misfit stunt-team the Timaru Hellriders, is employed by mentor-turned Dick Johansonson, and meets the one-legged cunning stunt babe Tracy "Tragedy" Jones.Jan 8th 2021
New Zealand - DirectorLajos KoltaiStarsMarcell NagyBéla DóraBálint Péntek14-year-old György's life is torn apart in WWII Hungary, as he is deported first to Auschwitz and then to Buchenwald, where he is forced to become a man in the midst of hatred, and what it really means to be Jewish.Jan 9th 2021
Hungary / Germany / UK / Israel / France / USA
Hungary takes a place on the list. - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsKinuyo TanakaTsukie MatsuuraIchirô SugaiFollows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.Jan 10th 2021
Japan - DirectorPawel PawlikowskiStarsAgata KuleszaAgata TrzebuchowskaDawid OgrodnikA novice nun about to take her vows uncovers a family secret dating back to the German occupation.Jan 11th 2021
Poland / Denmark / France / UK
Poland takes a place on the list. - DirectorGrímur HákonarsonStarsSigurður SigurjónssonTheodór JúlíussonCharlotte BøvingIn a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven't spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what's dearest to them - their sheep.Jan 12th 2021
Iceland / Denmark / Norway / Poland
Iceland takes a place on the list. - DirectorTomm MooreStarsDavid RawleBrendan GleesonLisa HanniganBen, a young Irish boy, and his little sister Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the fairies and save the spirit world.Jan 13th 2021
Ireland / Denmark / Belgium / Luxembourg / France
Ireland takes a place on the list. - DirectorMohamed DiabStarsNilli KarimBushraMaged El-KidwaniUnfolds the poignant story of three women and their search for justice from the daily plight of sexual harassment in Egypt.Jan 14th 2021
Egypt - DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsRonnie BiermanSylvia de LeurPiet RömerIn Amsterdam, two prostitutes make a choice between love and work.Jan 15th 2021
Netherlands - DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsYavuz BingölHatice AslanAhmet Rifat SungarA family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to get through their hardships.Jan 16th 2021
Turkey / France / Italy
Turkey takes a place on the list. - DirectorJang Sun-wooStarsEun-kyeong LimHyun-sung KimJin-pyo KimTo Chinese restaurant delivery boy 'Ju', the only joy in life is spending time at the electronic game room. One day, 'Ju' who was engrossed in an electronic game as usual, is advised to log-on to a game called RESURRECTION OF THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL. The match selling girl of Andersen's fairytale is revived through the game, and 'Ju' is drawn into the little girl's virtual reality. As reality and cyberspace interchange, 'Ju', like in the famous fairytale, is given the mission to save the little girl from danger and lead her to a peaceful death. However, the two are not only confronted by a gigantic force called the System, that attempts to stop them, but other obstacles that place their lives in danger...Jan 17th 2021
South Korea - DirectorHasse EkmanStarsEva HenningUlf PalmeBirgit TengrothAfter a young woman commits suicide, her neighbors try to piece together why she did it by tracking down her acquaintances.Jan 18th 2021
Sweden - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsAntonio BanderasElena AnayaJan CornetA brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.Jan 19th 2021
Spain - DirectorRonit ElkabetzShlomi ElkabetzStarsRonit ElkabetzSimon AbkarianGabi AmraniAfter a lukewarm marriage of over twenty years, a woman appeals to her husband's compassion to obtain the desirable divorce document in front of a court, which proves to be more challenging than she would expect.Jan 20th 2021
Israel / France / Germany
Israel takes a place on the list. - DirectorFederico FelliniStarsGiulietta MasinaSandra MiloMario PisuVisions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.Jan 21st 2021
Italy / France
Italy takes a place on the list. - DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevStarsAleksey SerebryakovElena LyadovaRoman MadyanovIn a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.Jan 22nd 2021
Russia - DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsHermann PichaRosa ValettiAndré MattoniA young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's Tartuffe, in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets his own inheritance.Jan 23rd 2021
Germany - DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsJavier BardemMaricel ÁlvarezHanaa BouchaibA man dying of cancer tries his best to leave the world on his own terms.Jan 24th 2021
Mexico / Spain
Mexico takes a place on the list. - DirectorStig SvendsenStarsErik HivjuMaria BockAndré Sørum21 died in the explosion in the kings bay-accident in Ny-Ålesund in Spitsbergen i 1962. The accident led to the fall of the Norwegian labor party government ruling since WW2. Was this really an accident, and was it under Norwegian control?Jan 25th 2021
Norway - DirectorSteve JacobsStarsJohn MalkovichNatalie BeckerJessica HainesAfter having an affair with a student, a Cape Town professor moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.Jan 26th 2021
Australia / South Africa
Australia takes a place on the list. - DirectorDaniel AuteuilStarsDaniel AuteuilAstrid Bergès-FrisbeyNicolas DuvauchelleIn 1930s southern France, a father is torn between his sense of honor and his deep love for his daughter when she gets in trouble with the wealthy son of a shopkeeper.Jan 27th 2021
France - DirectorDamián SzifronStarsDarío GrandinettiMaría MarullMónica VillaSix short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.Jan 28th 2021
Argentina / Spain / France / UK
Argentina takes a place on the list. - DirectorSusanne BierStarsMikael PersbrandtTrine DyrholmMarkus RygaardThe lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.Jan 29th 2021
Denmark / Sweden
Denmark takes a place on the list. - DirectorCorneliu PorumboiuStarsDragos BucurVlad IvanovIon StoicaA police officer refuses to arrest a young man for offering drugs to his friends.Jan 30th 2021
Romania - DirectorGareth EvansStarsIko UwaisSisca JessicaChristine HakimA young man from the countryside uses his skills in silat martial arts to survive the slave trade.Jan 31st 2021
Indonesia