Winner Best Foreign Language Film
Director: Yojiro Takita
When his Tokyo orchestra disbands, cellist Daigo Kobayashi returns to his home town. Looking for a job he applies to work for a travel agency but instead finds himself working for an undertaker preparing corpses for cremation.
Cast
| Character | Actor |
|---|---|
| Daigo Kobayashi | Masahiro Motoki |
| Ikuei Sasaki | Tsutomu Yamazaki |
| Mika Kobayashi | Ryoko Hirosue |
| Tsuyako Yamashita | Kazuko Yoshiyuki |
| Yuriko Kamimura | Kimiko Yo |
| Shokichi Hirata | Takashi Sasano |
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
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2008 Nominees
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Waltz with Bashir (אלס עם באשיר)
Nominated
This stunning animated documentary tells the story of Ari Folman. Who at 19 fought in the Israeli infantry during their 1982 invasion of Lebanon. It vividly shows his struggle to understand what happened during the war.
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Revanche
Nominated
Alex works for a brothel owner in Vienna but is in a relationship with Tamara who works as a prostitute at the brothel. When a bank robbery goes wrong they try to escape to the country but instead become involved with a local policeman and his wife.
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The Class (Entre les murs)
Nominated
The semi-autobiographical story of a literature teacher working in a tough inner city school in Paris. The film shows the culture clash between the teacher and his pupils and how this relates to contempory French society.
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The Baader Meinhof Complex
Nominated
The film retells the early years of the Red Army Faction. Based on an award winning book it traces the history of the RAF from its beginnings in the German student movement in 1967 to its violent climax in 1977.
