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The 92nd Academy Awards- The Oscars- Best International Feature

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The Oscars have plenty of categories, and so far we’ve looked at categories that cover movies that had their biggest releases in the US. Now we will be taking a look at films that were released internationally. These movies were the ones chosen as the best movies outside of the country.

First up on the list of international nominees is a movie called Corpus Christi. After leaving the violent Youth Detention Center, 20-year-old Daniel decides to pose as a parish priest, despite his lack of religious education. His spirit and passion inspire his small-town congregants, who have been unable to heal after the tragic accidental death of seven of their youth. Originally a Polish film, it was rated highly after releasing in the United States.

Corpus Christi

Second on the list of nominees, we have the documentary feature Honeyland. Honeyland sees a woman, Hatidze, living with her ailing mother in the mountains of Macedonia, making a living cultivating honey using ancient beekeeping traditions. When an unruly family moves in next door, what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a source of tension as they, too, want to practice beekeeping. Originally releasing in North Macedonia, it has become popular enough to not only be nominated for this category, but also the Best Documentary Feature.

Honeyland

Next up on the list, we have a movie from France called Les Misérables, but not the same one that was released in 2012. This film sees a man, Stéphane, joining the Anti-Crime Brigade in Montfermeil, the town where Victor Hugo set his novel “Les Miserables.” He quickly discovers tensions running high between neighborhood gangs. When his team finds itself overrun during the course of an arrest, a drone captures their every action.

Les Misérables (2019)

After that, we have a movie from Spain that is actually in the category for Best Actor in a Leading Role because of actor Antonio Banderas. Pain and Glory sees Salvador Mallo, a renowned film director, in physical decline revisiting his past: his childhood with his mother, his first desire, his first adult love and breakup, and the early discovery of cinema.

Pain and Glory

The final nomination on the list for Best International Feature is another film that is on other nomination lists, and that is Parasite. Coming from South Korea, it is a film that, for many, came from nowhere and ended up as one of the Best Pictures of the year overall. Parasite sees greed, class discrimination and a mysterious interloper threatening the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Parasite

We have also covered nominations for other categories such as Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Animated Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short, and Best Film Editing.

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