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International Feature Film Oscar Shortlist: Which Movies Could Make The Cut

Here's a preview of what to expect on the Best International Feature Oscar shortlist, which will be revealed December 16.

Deadline’s take: “Tøndel has created a sprawling film to absorb rather than follow studiously, and the opening section is especially evocative in that respect: the school is alive, its halls echoing with footsteps, and the smell of chalk dust hanging heavy in the air. Deadline’s take: “Technically, it is a marvel of period filmmaking, an immersive view of la vida rustica so bursting with authenticity that it may inspire more enthusiastic viewers to put on a folk hat and get a job in a heritage museum working the spinning jenny.” Deadline’s take: “Stylistically, Mádl’s work harkens back to the handsome art cinema that used to come out of Eastern Europe before the Wall came down; at the same time, he is not afraid to roughen up proceedings with a camera that swings between faces during an argument or to break the flow with a jolting splash of slow motion.

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